DEFINITION
ELEMENTS
BENEFITS
LIMITATIONS
BONUS KNOWLEDGE
100

This a continuous process of identifying, measuring, and developing the performance of individuals and teams in ways that support organizational objectives.

What is Performance Management?

100

This term refers to the structured process of designing, communicating, introducing, and embedding performance management practices within an organization.

What is Implementing a Performance Management System?

100

One benefit of implementing a performance management system is aligning employee goals with organizational objectives, resulting in this outcome.

What is Improved Productivity?

100

This limitation occurs when subjective judgments influence employee evaluations and reduce fairness.

What is bias in evaluation?

100

This department designs, monitors, and ensures fairness in the performance management process.

What is Human Resources (HR)?

200

This serves as a critical framework for aligning human capital with organizational strategy. and  is characterized by three iterative and interconnected processes.

What is Performance Management System?

200

These are three main components of a Performance Management System.

What is Goal Setting, Continuous Feedback and Coaching, and Performance Review and Evaluation?

200

These are two main benefits of a performance management system.

What is aligning personal objectives with organizational strategy, continual feedback and mentoring, enhancing job performance , enhancing fairness, reducing biases and allowing staff to trust the system? (any two)

200

This limitation in the PMS, starting with the letter S, is characterized by rater biases.

What is Subjectivity?

200

How does feedback improve employee performance?

What is identifying strengths and areas for development?

300

Performance management focuses on improving the performance of these two groups within an organization.

Who are individuals and teams?

300

This phase in the performance management system is characterized by Real-time Guidance and Immediate Reinforcement.

What is Feedback and Coaching?

300

In an effective performance management system, this is replaced by continuous feedback and mentoring.

What is Annual Evaluations?

300

This limitation occurs when employee objectives and organisational goals do not synchronize

What is Lack of Alignment?

300

This performance management practice allows managers to provide timely feedback and make adjustments throughout the performance cycle.

What is continuous monitoring?

400

What is the primary purpose of performance management?

What is aligning employee performance with organizational goals

400

This performance management activity provides clear expectations and direction for employees.

What is Goal Setting?

400

This benefit supports skill enhancement and prepares employees for future career opportunities.

What is employee development?

400

The substantial investments of time, finances and managerial effort required to execute a PMS, may result in this limitation,

What is Administrative burden?

400

Why is goal setting important in performance management?

What is providing clear expectations and direction?

500

This management approach is characterized as a continuous process rather than a once-a-year activity.

What is Performance Management?

500

These two workplace conditions help create an environment of trust and transparency.

What are open communication and consistent accountability?

500

This overall outcome is achieved when individual efforts are connected to organizational success.

What is improved organizational performance?

500

A performance management system may fail when employees perceive evaluations as lacking this quality.

What is fairness?

500

What practice improves performance management effectiveness by allowing timely feedback, tracking progress, and course correction?

What is continuous monitoring?