This new section on our website is presented as a public service to help
busy professionals stay in touch with recent news about performance
measurement, performance appraisal and performance management for both
employees and teams. As I find articles available in a web-readable form,
I'll post the full text of the articles there for your use.
Some Recent Articles added to our page:
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HMO Measures Physician Performance.
The nation's largest managed-care company, United HealthCare is now
measuring physician performance as a way to improve medical care and
provide feedback to doctors. (Wall Street Journal, 7/8/98, page 1).
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Ford Buyout Plan Based on Employee Performance.
A novel employee buyout plan at Ford plans to use employee performance as
a basis for weeding out the poor performers and keeping the good ones.
(Wall Street Journal, 7/22/98, page B1).
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Performance Management Is Still An Elusive Art.
Part 1 of a summary of 1997 Pay for Performance Newsletter Survey on the
current state-of-the-art in Performance Management. (Pay for Performance
Newsletter, Issue 98-7, July 1998, page 1).
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What Makes Performance Management Succeed?
Part 2 of a summary of 1997 Pay for Performance Newsletter Survey on the
current state-of-the-art in Performance Management. Describes eight tips
for improving the effectiveness of a performance management system. (Pay
for Performance Newsletter, Issue 98-8, August 1998, page 1).
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Employees Want Performance Appraisals.
Results of a recent survey of employees' feelings about performance
appraisal.
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Measures for Education.
A Philadelphia Inquirer editorial which outlines the school-level
measures of educational performance which be available to parents and
decision makers. 9/13/98.
-- Jack
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