Optional Assignment 1 Performance Management
Optional Assignment 1 Performance Management
Optional Assignment 1 Performance Management
HRM 301
M. Somers
Optional Assignment 1
Performance Management
Overview
This assignment asks you to analyze and improve a performance management system.
Purpose and Relevance
The purpose of the assignment is to help you better understand how performance
management systems (goals and rewards) direct individual behavior in organizations.
Assignment Format and Source Material
The assignment is in a take-home format that requires thinking and analysis.
The relevant material for the analysis required in the assignment comes from course
lectures and readings.
The Assignment
The assignment requires you to analyze a performance management system that you are
faced with every semesterassessment of learning through grades. The stated purpose
of grades is to assess learning (that is, recognize and reward student performance) and to
guide students to improve in future.
To proceed,
Specifications
This assignment is a significant portion of your grade. Your analyses and your
recommendations should be specific and they should be based on principles of
performance management, and not personal opinions.
Grading Criteria