The best books on performance management and performance appraisal. Material on this site may NOT be reproduced either in paper or electronic form without permission. A Critique of Performance Management - Why Doesn't It Work , by Robert Bacal. Managers hate to do them and procrastinate to avoid doing them. Most employees hate them with a passion.
Most systems are an empty paper chase that damages management credibility.
You will find some different ideas about performance management and appraisal. You probably will find much more, since this site will be updated often. CEO, Robert Bacal is author of the two books listed above on performance management and appraisal. We also do conference speaking on a number of topics related to why performance management systems fail, and what to do about it.