http://knowhr.disqus.com/enTue, 13 Feb 2007 10:30:49 -0000http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/02/12/performance-management-or-madness/#comment-1824475<p>MPB: That is the oxymoron, isn't it?</p><p>John: Excellent post. I'm a big fan of Peter Scholtes' The Team Handbook...I used that quite a bit at one time when I worked in industry and we were doing quality pushes. So true with Dr. Deming and Sholtes that appraisals don't work. It's not how we run our da-to-day lives, but we are told in management that performance reviews are the way to go. Hmmm...</p><p>Megan: I'm a little biased toward the first title myself. Good point you make about even the selection of the words...they imply that negativity.</p><p>Thanks so much for the comments all. This is an interesting topic...and when we started our little company, one of our tenets is "no performance reviews." Every day is a way to improve.</p>Frank RocheTue, 13 Feb 2007 10:30:49 -0000http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/02/12/performance-management-or-madness/#comment-1824474<p>Can't wait to hear more. The actual words "Performance Management" imply negative performance that needs somehow to be controlled and reversed.</p><p>Personally I vote for the first title.</p>MeganMon, 12 Feb 2007 23:34:29 -0000http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/02/12/performance-management-or-madness/#comment-1824473<p>I will give a recommendation to include <a href="http://curiouscat.com/deming/performanceappraisal.cfm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://curiouscat.com/deming/performanceappraisal.cfm">Dr. Deming's thoughts on Performance Appraisal</a> rather than a title suggestion.</p><p>My blog post today, <a href="http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/12/illusions-optical-and-other/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2007/02/12/illusions-optical-and-other/">Illusions - Optical and Other</a>, is related to this topic, though in a way that may not obvious to some. Performance management suffers greatly from people beliefs that are not supported by evidence (ascribing causation where it does not exist...). Peter Scholtes: Leader's Handbook provides an excellent guide to how managers can manage performance and as the 9th chapter of his book indicates (Performance without Appraisal) performance appraisal schemes are not the answer.</p>John HunterMon, 12 Feb 2007 17:16:31 -0000http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2007/02/12/performance-management-or-madness/#comment-1824472<p>"Performance Management" strikes me as similar to "managing creativity" , internally contradictory and actually dangerous when done without comprehensive thought.</p><p><a href="http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2007/01/26/teacher-incentives-demotivate-houston-teachers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2007/01/26/teacher-incentives-demotivate-houston-teachers/">http://timpanogos.wordpress...</a></p>mpbMon, 12 Feb 2007 12:45:53 -0000