Patent Document ID: 8041598
Application ID: 12082458
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method, using web-based software in a web-based system, for defining, monitoring, and managing performance of members of an organization, influencing member behavior, and aligning the members' behaviors to the strategic objectives of the organization, comprising the steps of: selecting a predetermined set of one or more results to be achieved by the organization; eliciting from the set of results a predetermined set of one or more accomplishments that facilitate achievement of one or more results; deriving from the set of accomplishments a predetermined set of member behaviors to facilitate achievement of one or more accomplishments; establishing a data repository to store information that states the sets of behaviors, accomplishments, and results; correlating specific behaviors, accomplishments, and results to each member in a collaborative process between each member and a predetermined manager; identifying at least one pool of value to be used as a source for responding to the members' levels of performance; for each member: identifying a portion of the pools of value to be used as a source for responding to that member's level of performance; prioritizing on a list the behaviors, accomplishments, and results correlated to that member based on the probability of producing the predetermined set of results of the organization; selecting a specified number of behaviors, accomplishments, and results having the highest positions on the prioritized list; weighting the selected behaviors, accomplishments, and results in relationship to each other by allocating at least one point to each behavior, accomplishment, and result from a pool of a fixed number of points; populating a matrix having a predetermined number of columns, each assigned a sequential ordinal number, the columns holding data that represent a range of performance relating to that member for each behavior, accomplishment, and result plus a total column, and having a number of rows equal to the number of selected behaviors, accomplishments, and results entered from the top down as prioritized plus a total row; at a predetermined time, identifying for each row representing a behavior, accomplishment, or result a columnar position representing that member's actual performance; multiplying, using the web-based software, the number of points allocated to each row by the ordinal number of the column in that row representing that member's actual performance, and entering the resulting numerical value in the total column; totaling, using the web-based software, the values in the total column for each row and entering the sum in the total row of the total column; and comparing the sum with a potential maximum computed based on achieving the highest column level for each row and, having determined that the comparison exceeds a predetermined criteria, responding to that member's performance by allocating value from that member's portion of the pools and delivering such value to the member; allowing a predetermined set of managers to monitor the performance of a predetermined set members by providing access over the internet to the matrices associated with the predetermined set of members; and managing each member's performance by evaluating the numerical value in the total column for each row on each member's matrix, identifying the behaviors, accomplishments, and results that may be improved, and applying remedial solutions.