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The End of Performance Appraisal. A Practitioners' Guide Towards Alternatives in Agile Organizations.
Armin Trost
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Description for The End of Performance Appraisal. A Practitioners' Guide Towards Alternatives in Agile Organizations.
Hardback. Series: Management for Professionals. Num Pages: 160 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JMJ; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book demonstrates, in detail, why annual performance appraisals might still work in hierarchical environments, but largely fail in agile ones. The annual performance appraisal is one of the world’s most widely used management tools. For many years, it was indeed seen as a pre-requisite for successful leadership and professional management. While most managers and employees have always been sceptical in this respect, those at a strategic level are now also realising it causes more harm than good, and a growing number of leading companies have similarly abolished this approach. One key reason lies in the changing working world, and the quest for greater organisational agility. Companies are moving away from rigid structuring. The arguments are presented ... Read more
This book demonstrates, in detail, why annual performance appraisals might still work in hierarchical environments, but largely fail in agile ones. The annual performance appraisal is one of the world’s most widely used management tools. For many years, it was indeed seen as a pre-requisite for successful leadership and professional management. While most managers and employees have always been sceptical in this respect, those at a strategic level are now also realising it causes more harm than good, and a growing number of leading companies have similarly abolished this approach. One key reason lies in the changing working world, and the quest for greater organisational agility. Companies are moving away from rigid structuring. The arguments are presented ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
Management for Professionals
Number of Pages
185
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319542348
SKU
V9783319542348
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99-15
About Armin Trost
Professor Armin Trost lectures and researches at the HFU Business School in Furtwangen, Germany, focusing primarily on talent management, employer branding and the future of work. He previously held a professorship at Würzburg University of Applied Sciences, and was head of Worldwide recruiting at SAP for several years. He is a long-time advisor for companies of all sizes and industries ... Read more
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