Challenges in Performance Management System

Challenges in Performance Management System

Appraisal systems is a very delicate issue. becuase it reflects on a person's performance and how much he has expressed his efficiency expressed through his assignments and this has to be assessed by an another person. As an HR prfessional for 16 yrs, i have not introduced any assessment like bell curve/GE3x3 matrix etc. Rather i encouraged the Mnagers to have an assessment of their collegaues once in three months so that the good and follies can be remembered. And i have designed the performance  appraisal form in such a fashion that if an assessor says the truth he has to say from the beginning and if he wants to faslify his assessment he has to do it from the beginning. In a particular where i worked some of the assessments were based on caste. The dept head was giving a dubious exaggerated apparaisal for the employees belonged to his community.

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Weakness is Strength

Weakness is Strength

An excellent piece to ponder upon!!

A 10-year-old boy decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training the master had taught him only one move.

"Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?"
"This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know," the sensei replied.

Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept
training. Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first
tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches.  The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match.

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