Employee Performance Management

An analysis of the organizational plans and policies of Australian Hardware Limited shows that they are aligned to meet the expectations of the customers and profitability target of the company.

Running head: EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Employee Performance Management
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note:

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Assessment task 1.
Part A.
Answer 1.
An analysis of the organizational plans and policies of Australian Hardware Limited
shows that they are aligned to meet the expectations of the customers and profitability target of
the company.
The objectives of the performance management of M/s Australian Hardware should be
assessing the performances of the employees in fair and legitimate ways. The objectives of the
performance management of the company also aims to abstain the employees from indulging in
professional misconducts like discrimination and ill-treatment of the co-workers as well taking
legitimate actions against the concerned employees. Thus, it can be inferred from the analysis
that the performance management process in the company complies with the Australian
legislations like Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 pertaining to the workplaces
(Legislation.nsw.gov.au. 2019).
The human resource general manager should consult with the stakeholders like the
management, employees, line managers and shareholders to obtain continuous smooth
performance management of the employees at Australian Hardware (Guest 2017).
An effective implementation plan would be formed to pave ways for the performance
management of the employees at Australian Hardware.

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Answer 2.
A review of the documents like strategic and operational plans of Australian Hardware
would reveal that the firm is a listed company based in NSW, Australia. The documents aloso
reveal that the product line of company consists of hardware products, timber which can be used
in both corporate organizations and household sector
(Australianhardware.simulations.australiantrainingproducts.com.au. 2019).
Answer 3.
The following are the three objectives for performance management at Australian
Hardware which the HR GM can set:
Name and position:
Manager: Review period:
Reference from
operational plan
Key result area Indicator of success/
performance
By
when
Status report

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The performance
management should
aim to judge the
performance of the
employees based on
predetermined set
of key performance
indicators
determined by the
apex management
in consultation with
the respective
departmental heads
of the employees
concerned.
Operational Performance
improvement
6
months
Under process

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The performance
management of the
Australian
Hardware should
enable supervision
of the performance
of the employees on
regular basis.
Operational Performance
improvement
6
months
Under process
The performance
management should
also have
provisions for
performance
appraisal.
Operational Performance
improvement
6
months
Under process
Achievements: Areas of Opportunity:
Manager’s comments:
Signature: Date:
Staff member’s comments:
Signature: Date:

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Answer 4.
The tool to develop the KPIs for employees which would be designed for managerial use
should enable the departmental heads to input records of the performance of the employees on
daily basis. The record should also show the tenure of employees, their performance targets and
the targets actually achieved. The portals should also enable the managers to see the feedbacks
and escalations particular employees have received form particular clients.
Answer 5.
The HR General Manager should consult the line manager and the CEO to ensure the
objectives and the procedures which performance management of employees would follow.
Name and position:
Manager: Review period:
Reference from
operational plan
Key result area Indicator of success/
performance
By
when
Status report

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The performance
management should
aim to judge the
performance of the
employees based on
predetermined set
of key performance
indicators
determined by the
apex management
in consultation with
the respective
departmental heads
of the employees
concerned.
Operational Performance
improvement
6
months
Under process

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The performance
management of the
Australian
Hardware should
enable supervision
of the performance
of the employees on
regular basis.
Operational Performance
improvement
6
months
Under process
The performance
management should
also have
provisions for
performance
appraisal.
Operational Performance
improvement
6
months
Under process

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The performance
management should
also enable the
managers to ask for
clarifications from
poorly performing
employees.(new)
Operational Performance
improvement
6
months
Under process
Achievements: Areas of Opportunity:
Manager’s comments:
Signature: Date:
Staff member’s comments:
Signature: Date:
The portal would also enable the managers track the measures which were taken in
response to clients’ escalations and feedbacks.
Part B.
Answer 1.
I can reflect that the performance management processes and plan should take into
account the organizational goals and should aim to enhance the capability of the organization.

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The performance management plan should include the continuous learning process or training
which the employees would take. The plan should enable application of the policies to plan the
process. The plan should take into account the Australian legislations enforcing organizational
practices like equal employment opportunities to all employees. The performance management
should enable the employees to report grievances and design strategies and options to meet the
business needs of the organisation.
Answer 2.
The required documents would be submitted.
Assessment task 2.
Part A.
Answer 1.
A review of the information about Australian Hardware shows that the company is a
listed company based in NSW, Australia. The company has several branches through Australia.
Answer 2.
The implementation and integration of performance management procedure would take
into account the managers aged between 25 and 50 years deputed at the Wollongong branch of
the company.
Answer 3.
Part a.

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Performance
management
objectives
Regular monitoring of the employees on regular basis
Continuous identification of the performance gaps of employees
The managers would provide feedback to employees showing poor
performance.
The managers talent by collaborating with the HR department to
acquire and retain appropriate employees.
Part b.
The area focused would be regular monitoring of performance of employees on regular
basis. For example, the managers should use the portals to identify the performance skills of the
employees.
Part c.
The managers should store performance management information concerning their
respective departments both in soft copy and hard copy.
Part d.
The managers should be allowed time for practice and provide feedback on the
performance management.
Part 4.
Part a.
The main features of the performance management should be transparent and legitimate
in line with the business needs of Australian Hardware.

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Part b.
The employees (learners) should be trained.
Part c.
The information should be persistent with the performance management sheet shown
above (Assessment 1, part A, answers 4 and 5).
Part d.
The employees should be allowed different facilities to consider differences in styles of
learning.
Part e.
The timeframe outline in the session plan would be adhered to.
Part B.
Answer 1.
The scenario speaks about a complaint lodged by the housewares manager, Wollongong
stores reporting an employee exhibit misconduct and poor professional practice.
Answer 2.
Dear Audrey Wu,
Housewares Manager,
I have perused the entire matter and empathise with your concern. It is an advice to take
positive approaches like feedback and coaching the concerned. If the employee fails to show any
change in conduct even after the coaching sessions, it would require feedback from managers. I

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would also advise you to follow the appropriate dispute resolution process as per the policies of
Australian Hardware. If the intervention process fails, termination process would be the only
resort. I would also advise you to to follow the process of record keeping in compliance with the
organisational policies as well as relevant Australian laws.
Regards,
………..
(General Manager, HR)
Part C.
Answer 1.
Part a and b.
The performances of mine would be evaluated and effectiveness of the same would be
evaluated.
Part c.
The performance management process of the employees would be evaluated on regular
basis. The employees would be required to report their respective daily productivity to the
reporting manager(s) or their skip level manager(s) if their latter is not available.
Answer 2.
The required documents should be submitted and copies of the same would be
maintained.

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Assessment 3.
Answer 1.
The mentioned scenario shows the management of Australian has formed a pilot training
project to train 4000 sales staff members deputed at 138 stores. The training would include 30
trainers.
Answer 2.
The performance data of the training outcomes shows that the results of the staff training
were averagely successful. For example, while the target numbers of trainee were 4000, only 367
trainees were trained. Again, each trained sales personnel earned a revenue of $20000 against
$35000 target revenue.
Answer 3.
A review of the simulated business information on Australian Hardware shows that it is a
public limited company based in NSW, Australia.
Answer 4.
A training report would be prepared showing the training results, analysis of the
performance data and the interventions which may be required to correct undesired levels of low
performance.
Answer 5.
A training strategy would be developed.

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Answer 6.
The service agreement with the training supplier would be arranged.
Answer 7.
The training agreement would be negotiated.
Answer 8.
The line managers should participate in the training.
Answer 9.
The required documents would be submitted.

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References:
Australianhardware.simulations.australiantrainingproducts.com.au. (2019).
Australianhardware.simulations.australiantrainingproducts.com.au. [online] Available at:
http://australianhardware.simulations.australiantrainingproducts.com.au/ [Accessed 6 Apr. 2019].
Guest, D.E., 2017. Human resource management and employee well‐being: Towards a new
analytic framework. Human Resource Management Journal, 27(1), pp.22-38.
Legislation.nsw.gov.au. 2019. Legislation.nsw.gov.au. [online] Available at:
https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/inforce/f38c7dc7-ba45-ee6e-d61f-9c8e3cbd52cf/1977-
48.pdf [Accessed 6 Apr. 2019].