Performance Management

For performance appraisal courses Aguinis focuses on research-based findings and up-to-date applications that increase employee performance. Aguinis focuses on research-based findings and up-to-date applications that increase employee performance. Q. How do you bring validity and currency to the topics you are covering in your course? This book brings scholarly research into the course, which can be demonstrated via the scholarly and practitioner-oriented bibliographic sources from a broad set of disciplines including auditing, cognitive psychology, communication, education, human performance, human resources management, industrial and organizational psychology, information systems, international business, management, marketing, organizational behavior, public administration, social psychology, sociology, and strategy. Other Points of Distinction Q. How do you cover performance appraisal as part of the greater organizational structure? The author integrates discussion of Performance Management within the broader organizational context including strategic considerations (ex. Section I, Chap. 1-3). Q. Are there any topics that you wish would be included in your performance appraisal book? The author includes topics not typically covered in performance appraisal books including team performance management (Chapter 11), the link between performance management and organization- and unit-level goals and strategies (Chapters 1 and 3), the link between performance management and employee development (Chapter 8), the link between performance management and coaching and feedback (Chapter 9), the link between performance and rewards (Chapter 10), and legal issues (Chapter 10). Q. How do you prepare for your course? Instructor's materials including Powerpoint slides, realistic cases (and solutions) to be used in class or to include in examinations, and test bank including true-false, multiple choice, and essay-type questions. Q. What do you do to enhance student's understanding of how performance appraisal functions in a real organization? Over 30 integrative cases address the design and implementation of various aspects of performance management systems in a diverse set of organizations and industries.