Performance management: People, productivity, and careers (notes from presentation)

Abstract

The challenge for management is to ensure that the value and impact of people's outputs are greater than the cost of their inputs. Some measurements can include finances, growth, and employee satisfaction surveys. The role of a manager is sometimes that of an an expert and other times as a facilitator/ coach. A manager helps align organizational goals with an employee's individual aspirations. A balance in leadership should be achieved between topdown direction and participative management.

Parent Publication

• Cooperative strategies for forest science management and leadership in an increasingly complex and globalized world: Proceedings of a workshop; 23- 26 August 1998; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Citation

Smith, Gerhardus P.. 1999. Performance management: People, productivity, and careers (notes from presentation). In: Eskew, Lane G.; DeYoe, David R.; Burns, Denver P.; Mercier, Jean-Claude, comps. Cooperative strategies for forest science management and leadership in an increasingly complex and globalized world: Proceedings of a workshop; 23- 26 August 1998; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Proceedings RMRS-P-6. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 51-55.