Understanding strategic performance management
Strategic Performance Management, or simply SPM, can be defined as an integrated approach to delivering sustained outcomes as desired by the key stakeholders of an organisation. SPM is a complex undertaking, yet a critical one. It helps to keep processes, programmes or initiatives on the right path towards the desired…
Read MoreFive steps to effective performance management of staff
In an effective organisation, work is planned in advance, including the way to manage the performance of employees. In this sense, planning means setting performance expectations for groups and individuals. Planning, thus, is the first step towards effective management of staff performance. The other four steps are monitoring, capacity development,…
Read MoreBenefits of Performance Management in public sector
Countries that have adopted performance management systems in public sector organisations have experienced remarkable transformation, resulting in positive economic growth. Because of their focus on outcomes and not compliance, performance measurement systems allow agencies to be innovative in their implementation of programmes. Performance management has become an integral part of…
Read MoreProblems confronting implementation of SPM in Africa
Effective implementation of strategic performance management (SPM) requires discipline, capacity and commitment, given its complexity and the strictness by which it must be applied to obtain the desired outcome. The challenges that African countries experience in attempts to apply SPM are indeed related to these values. We capture them under…
Read MoreHow some performance contracts have scored in Africa
Some developing African countries, including Nigeria, Gambia, Ghana and Kenya, have developed performance contract systems to manage productivity of their public sectors. But what is performance contracting? This has been a subject of considerable debate among scholars and human resource practitioners. Simply put, a performance contract is a freely negotiated…
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