...John Edmonstone Relates performance appraisal in the National Health Service to performance management and emphasizes the need for integration of diverse management initiatives. Identifies the multiple purposes of appraisal and a number of perennial issues. Outlines rules of thumb for enabling...

...G. Coates Reports that performance appraisal (PA) has become an important tool in “controlling” employees in modern public industries. Little work, however, has focused on its mediation or actual practice in relation to different groups, such as women and ethnic groups. Examines the changing nature...

...G. Coates Looks at performance appraisal (PA), which has become an important tool in the overseeing of employees in contemporary society. Notes, however, that little work, has focused on its mediation or actual practice, beyond simple descriptions informing its implementation. First examines...

... a European context. © MCB UP Limited 1995 European Union Evaluation Job enrichment National Health Service National Vocational Qualifications Performance appraisal Retention Skills flexibility Training Mixed messages about the success and credibility of National Vocational...

... – or was it? Customer-oriented performance measures Information exchange Interpersonal communications National Health Service Organizational development Performance appraisal Research Teams This is the third in a series of articles, which started in Health Manpower Management Vol. 20 No. 1, about...

... in achieving business goals. Communications Goals National Health Service Organizational development Performance appraisal Team building Training Training and Enterprise Councils In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words:people, product and profits. People come first...

... development Performance appraisal Research Service quality In Health Manpower Management, Vol. 20 No. 1 we examined the need for service organizations to deliver continuity of care or “seamless service”. The organization chosen to reflect the cultural and structural changes discussed...

... Service Organizational change Performance appraisal Taylorism Table III contains quotations which give a flavour of the comments made at the two workshops. The Chief Executives′ Breakfast Workshop yielded a great variety of data relating to the propositions. Our analysis suggests...

... that it does, a pragmatic approach will suffice. Behavioural sciences Human resource planning National Health Service National vocational qualifications Performance appraisal Human resource management Professional qualifications Vocational training This change also has another...

..., industrial relations, workforce planning, etc.). © MCB UP Limited 1994 Accountability Contracts Human resource development National Health Service Organizational change Performance appraisal Service levels However, any SLA must include the following key points: A further test...

... organizations. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Managers National Health Service Performance appraisal United Kingdom ...

... ‐ this, in turn, means commitment to managing human resources effectively, therefore managing reward and performance. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Human resource development Organizational change Performance appraisal Performance measurement Strategic management ...

...Susanne J. Brierley Examines early steps in implementing the NHS national individual performance review scheme. Participating trusts have taken widely different approaches. Provides examples. © MCB UP Limited 1993 National Health Service Performance appraisal ...

.... © MCB UP Limited 1992 Merit rating Performance appraisal Performance‐related pay This article was subsequently published in Health Manpower Management, Volume 19 Issue 2. ...

...Harry R. Nevling Compares the general conception of the performance appraisal system as evidenced in yesterday′s and today′s attitudes and goes on to prognosticate the approach of tomorrow. Radically proposes the removal of such a system altogether, switching from performance appraisal to systems...

... students at work. Health care Nurses Behaviourally‐anchored rating scales Performance Appraisal Training © MCB UP Limited 1992 ...

... 1992 Assessment centres Interviewing Performance appraisal Personality Tests Psychometric testing Selection ...