Supporting Good Practice in Performance and Reward Management

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1. Describe at least two purposes of performance management and their relationships to business objectives. Performance management is about: “Directing and supporting employees to work as effectively and efficiently as possible in line with the needs of the organisation” a) One of the purposes of performance management is to help the employee identify the knowledge and skills required in order to complete their role. This is important for business so the employee can work efficiently to meet the organisations needs and goals. b) Following on from above it is a good opportunity to find out if the employee requires any training or needs to attend any courses in order to fulfil their role which is important for the organisation because poor performance will inadvertently lead to targets not being reached, which will lead to the business not thriving. Performance that is the bare minimum will mean that staff are not buying into the mission or vision of the organisation; it will reflect in their every day work and ultimately feed down to the clients or customers. 2. Explain at least three components (ingredients) of performance management systems. Commitment – A committed workforce starting at the top right through to all staff on all levels is required in order for this process to work. It encourages employees to be involved with the process when they see that their peers support this process it can only Job description – it is important that all employees have an up to date job description as this enables the reviewee and reviewer to base their meeting on to establish what their job is, what needs to be done, it sets the groundwork for the role, the meeting, what their aims and objectives are and what the organisations needs are and how you can relate to that by knowing what needs to be done and how you go about doing that. Communication

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