HRMT20024 Performance Management: Article Review and Contribution

This assignment presents a critical review of two articles related to performance management, focusing on their objectives, methodologies, arguments, and conclusions. The first article examines the advantages and disadvantages of performance management systems, concluding that they add valu...Read More

HRMT20024 Assessment
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Week 8
Week 8 Performance management
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 Article 1: Waal, A. d. (2013). Performance
measurement and management in practice :
Advantages, disadvantages and reasons for use .
International Journal Of Productivity And Performance
Management, 62(5).
 Bourne, M., Pavlov, A., Franco-Santos, M., Lucianetti,
L., & Mura, M. (2013). Generating organisational
performance: The contributing effects of performance
measurement and human resource management
practices . International Journal Of Operations &
Production Management, 33(11/12), 1599-1622.
References of your two
articles

 Objective: Performance management is being considered as a
need of the hour by most of the human resource managers. The
objective behind this literature view is to gain a deeper insight into
the concept of performance management systems and conclude
whether they actually add value to an organisation or not.
 Method – A thorough review of the literature has been used to
gather data for research. For making the data more accurate and
reliable, a great stress has been laid on selecting contemporary
articles (published in the past five years) for review. To validate the
information in the literature, a number of websites have also been
consulted.
Article 1 (Performance measurement and
management in practice)

 Argument: The article by André de Waal provides a
deep insight into the usage of performance
management systems, along with its pros and cons.
Out of a number of advantages that performance
management systems can have for a business
organisations, the author has talked about two distinct
advantages.
 Conclusion: From the literature review, it can be clearly
concluded that using performance management
systems in an efficient manner can actually help
business organisations in becoming more efficient and
effective. Thus, performance management systems do
add value to an organisation.

Article 1

 The second article (by Mike Bourne, Andrey
Pavlov, Monica Franco-Santos, Lorenzo Lucianetti
and Matteo Mura) is also aimed at gaining a
better understanding of performance
management and the way in which it can
contribute towards the success of an
organisation. The method selected for the
research is conducting a literature review and
consulting some other resources for validating
the information
Article 2 (Generating organisational
performance)

 Argument - This paper informs us about the debate that has been going on between
existing performance management and human resource management literature
about the contributions that each of them makes towards the success of an
organisation. According the the researchers of this paper, performance that the
employees demonstrate in a company is a result of their level of engagement in their
jobs (Anitha, 2014). The paper also says that performance management is a
system which can act as a channel for those employees who want to perform and
contribute more towards the success of an organisation.
 Conclusion - The paper discusses a lot of details on the topic of human resource
management and performance management. The paper also talks about the
importance of employee engagement and how performance management can help
in engaging employees. The paper says that it is important for business
organisations to treat performance management as a system that can help them in
keeping their workforce engaged, which would ultimately lead to higher
performance levels amongst individuals.
Article 2

The articles greatly contribute to the topic of our research
as they provide a detailed information on human resource
management, performance management as well as on
employee engagement.
Findings from the first article
Findings from the second article
Contribution of articles to the topic

References
Dooren, W. V., Bouckaert, G. & Halligan, J., 2015. Performance Management in the
Public Sector. s.l.:Routledge.
Gerrish, E., 2015. The Impact of Performance Management on Performance in Public
Organizations: A Meta‐Analysis. Public Administration Review , 76(1).
Anitha, J., 2014. Determinants of employee engagement and their impact on employee
performance. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 63(3),
pp. 308-323.
Albrecht, S. L., 2015. Employee engagement, human resource management practices
and competitive advantage: An integrated approach. JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL
EFFECTIVENESS: PEOPLE AND PERFORMANCE, 2(1).
F.Speklé, R. & H.M.Verbeeten, F., 2014. The use of performance measurement systems
in the public sector: Effects on performance. Management Accounting Research , June,
25(2), pp. 131-146.