Sage Publications Performance Management Systems: An Experiential Approach

An experiential and skills-building approach, exploring the realities and complexities of performance management and encouraging a reflective, adaptable outlook and equipping readers to conduct performance management in the future.   The book presents the theoretical underpinnings and the practical applications of key topics in detail, with practical concepts or skills highlighted in terms of how they fit into the Performance Management system. Learning features include:    "Developing PMS Skills" boxes, highlighting a particular skill "PMS in Practice" boxes, showcasing real-life examples from around the world "Experiential Exercises", to encourage active learning   A comprehensive suite of free online resources, including PowerPoint Slides, full journal articles, and self-review questions an be found at https://study.sagepub.com/varma   Suitable for Performance Management modules on Human Resource Management, General Management and Organisational Behaviour courses. Review Varma and Budhwar have put together a distinguished set of authors to look at a number of important aspects of performance management, with the ultimate goal of helping us understand why these systems succeed or fail and how to improve performance management in organizations.  I particularly like the analytic approach this volume takes, delving into a number of core topics (e.g., getting and using information about performance, goal setting, performance management and business strategy) that cut across a number of different types of performance management systems.  This volume makes a real contribution to understanding the critically important topic of performance management. -- Kevin Murphy Managers, scholars, HR professionals, and students will appreciate this informative and useful set of contributions describing the essential details for constructing, managing, implementing and continuously modifying a performance management system to fit an organization’s unique and specific situation. Adopting a strategic perspective, the chapters emphasize the importance of aligning the performance management system with the organization’s goals and integrating it with all other components of the HR system.  The combination of evidence-based principles and skill development activities reinforce key concepts and promote meaningful learning. -- Randall S. Schuler and Susan E. Jackson Cutting through the myriad of fads and myths, Performance Management Systems: An Experiential Approach provides a science-based approach to achieve the strategic promise of performance management systems. With cases, theory-driven practice, and experiential exercises, the authors underscore the importance of developing managers’ skills in the overall success of performance management systems.  This book is a must-read for anyone, researcher or practitioner alike, who appreciates the strategic value of human talent and the role managers have in unleashing its full potential.  -- Paula Caligiuri About the Author Arup Varma is Professor of Human Resource Management at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business.  His research has been published in several leading journals including Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology and Human Resource Management Review.  He is co-founder and past President of the Indian Academy of Management. Pawan Budhwar is 50th Anniversary Professor of International HRM at Aston Business School. He is also the Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor International, the Joint Director of Aston India Centre for Applied Research at Aston University and the Co-Editor-in-Chief of British Journal of Management. He received his PhD from Manchester Business School. He is the co-founder and first President of the Indian Academy of Management, an affiliate of AOM. Pawan has published over 120 articles in leading journals on topics related to people management, with a specific focus on I