TY - BOOK AU - Venkateswara Rao,T. AU - Venkateswara Rao,T. TI - Performance management: towards organizational excellence SN - 9789351507307 AV - HF5549 .V393 2016 U1 - 658.3/125 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Los Angeles PB - SAGE KW - Personnel management KW - Performance KW - Management KW - Employees KW - Rating of KW - fast KW - Personalpolitik KW - gnd KW - Performance Management N1 - Revised edition of the author's Performance management and appraisal systems, 2004; Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index; Foreword -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to this edition -- Acknowledgments -- Performance management: an overview -- Defining and planning performance -- Defining and building competencies -- Performance analysis for individual and organizational development -- Reducing biases in ratings and managing forced distribution -- Performance conversations and performance review discussions -- Using performance management system data for hr decisions and performance -- Improvements -- Best practices in performance management -- Managing motivation through rewards and recognition: best practices -- Lessons from experience: a new look at performance management systems -- 360 degree feedback as a performance management tool -- Performance management through assessment and development centers -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author ER -