QLTY645 Performance Management Fundamentals
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Objective
To review the literature on the definitions and the evolution of performance measurement and management systems.

Learning Outcomes
To have the ability to assess and critique performance measurement systems.

Required:
a) Select and read at least 5 peer-reviewed journal articles (post 2012) on the definitions and the evolution of performance management system(make sure to select articles related to Performance Management as a whole system – not only employee performance).
b) The articles can be focusing on different industry – manufacturing, service, education, public sector, etc
c) Read to identify the main issues or concerns raise by respective author in each article.
d) Compare and Contrast those issues raise to identify similarities and differences in terms of issues raised between the articles. For this assignment, the analysis focuses would be identifying similarities and differences in terms of how people are defining and describing performance measurement system; how performance measurement and management has evolved over time rather than methodological issues such as survey, interviews, and quantitative or qualitative research. Your analysis should also focus on corporate performance measurement and management rather than individual performance management process.
e) Conclusion: What do you make sense of that findings in question (d)? use your own words – don’t quote from any references

Instructions for Analysis
Title Paper 1# Paper 2# Paper 3# Paper nth#
Objective of the paper

Big issues highlighted in the paper with regard to the topic

ANALYSIS
Similarities across the 5 papers
(in terms of the topic e.g. performance measurement- what did each paper say about performance measurement (big issues raised) – in what aspects on what they were saying were the same and why?)
Differences across the 5 papers
(in terms of the topic e.g. performance measurement- what did each paper say about performance measurement (big issues raised) – in what aspects on what they were saying were different and why?)
Conclusion
This section should NOT be a summary of your analysis but of ‘how you make sense of what you have found from the similarities and differences.’
What were the implications to managers?
What does it mean now in terms of the body of knowledge?
Use this page as a templet for your report
Make sure you divide your answer according to the sections below..
The REPORT
Learner Name:
ID Number:
Course Title:
Article Title: mention the title of five articles here (make sure to choose corporate performance measurement and management articles (don’t chose articles for employee performance measurements)

Introduction

The objective(s) of this Literature Review that you are conducting: e.g. Finding the definition of Corporate performance measurement and management. (don’t write about employee performance management only, but write as a corporate performance management ).

What do you hope to achieve from reading at least 5 journal articles on the topic you have selected for your research?

Big Issues/highlights from the literature
Use your own words.
What were some of the big issues/ highlights about the topic of interest from each article you are reading?
Remember your focus is on 2 aspects : definitions and evolution of Corporate Performance Measurement and Management. (do not write about employee performance management, use corporate management )

CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Use your own words.
Put the issues/highlights side by side for comparisons between articles chosen.
Identify the similarities and differences of those big issues between the articles.
Why are the articles similar in?
Why are the articles different in?
VII. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
Use your own words.
What does what you found in (iv) means to managers, society or people affected by the issues?
VIII. LEARNING REFLECTIONS
Use your own words.
What can you conclude from the analysis? Conclusion is not a summary of your analysis. Conclusion is your making sense of your analysis by mapping it onto the issue you are examining/researching.