Hrmt20024 Managing Human Resources - Assessment Answers

2. Read Chapter 10 

Journal articles and readings: You should read AT LEAST TWO of the articles listed on this week's study guide or listed below. -

Decramer A, Smolders, C & Vanderstraeten, A 2013, 'Employee performance management culture and system features in higher education relationship with employee performance management satisfaction', The International Joumal of Human Resource Management, vol 24, no 2, pp 352-371

O'Connell, V & O'Sullivan, D 2014, The influence of lead indicator strength on the use of nonfinancial measures in performance management Evidence from CEO compensation schemes', Strategic Management Joumal, vol 35, no 6, pp 826-844

Camases, 3, Favoreu, C & Gardey, D 2014 'Factors that Determine or Influence Managerial Innovation in Public Contexts The Case of Local Performance Management', Public Organization Review, vol 14, no 2, pp 245-266 

Videos and Discussion: Watch short videos to reflect on what you have learned this week. If you are not on campus, look at the Week 8 What's on video to help guide your studies. 

Answer

Performance Management

Articles Found

Decramer, A., Smolders, C., & Vanderstraeten, A. (2013). Employee performance management culture and system features in higher education: relationship with employee performance management satisfaction. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(2), 352-371.

O'Connell, V., & O'Sullivan, D. (2014). The influence of lead indicator strength on the use of nonfinancial measures in performance management: Evidence from CEO compensation schemes. Strategic Management Journal, 35(6), 826-844.

Objectives

• Decramer, Smolders and Vanderstraeten (2013) attempt a discussion on the matters that pertain to the satisfaction among the employees of the educational institutions regarding the management systems related to the employee performances.
• O'Connell and O'Sullivan (2014) attempt a discussion on the matters that pertain to the non-financial measures like customer satisfaction with respect to the aspects of the management of the strategic performance like the compensation schemes by the CEO of the concerned organization.

Methods

• Decramer, Smolders and Vanderstraeten (2013) collected the data for the study though the implementation of a survey. The results of the survey were tabulated using the SPSS software. The authors undertook the method of the quantitative analysis in order to analyze the data.
• O'Connell and O'Sullivan (2014) depict the review of the existing literature that pertained to the non-financial measures like customer satisfaction with respect to the aspects of the management of the strategic performance like the compensation schemes by the CEO of the concerned organization. The authors are observed to draw on the precepts of the agency theory.

Findings

• The findings of the study by Decramer, Smolders and Vanderstraeten (2013) lays more stress on the matters that pertain to the internal consistency of the various management practices that have been related to the performances of the employees.
• The findings of the study by O'Connell and O'Sullivan (2014) indicate that the management of the employee performance might be improved by adopting the comprehensive approaches towards the engagement of the employees.

Conclusion

• Decramer, Smolders and Vanderstraeten (2013) concludes the article with the fact that the comprehensive approaches are beneficial for the management of the performance of the employees of the company.
• O'Connell and O'Sullivan (2014) conclude the study with the introduction of the several gateways for the further research on the matters that pertain to the effective utilization of the various non-financial measures in the management of the strategic performances.

Contribution

The articles in discussion help the readers as well as the future researchers to deal with the factors that influence the performance of the employees within the given organization. The articles also tend to open new areas for research in the fields that are related to the performance of the workforce of the given organization.

References

Decramer, A., Smolders, C., & Vanderstraeten, A. (2013). Employee performance management culture and system features in higher education: relationship with employee performance management satisfaction. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(2), 352-371.

O'Connell, V., & O'Sullivan, D. (2014). The influence of lead indicator strength on the use of nonfinancial measures in performance management: Evidence from CEO compensation schemes. Strategic Management Journal, 35(6), 826-844.