Performance Management

Author: Herman Aguinis | Edition: Third Edition | Pages: ~337 | Chapters: 11 | Generated: 2026-08-21

How to Use This Skill

• Without arguments - load the core frameworks below.
• With a topic - ask about goal cascading, BARS, 360-degree feedback, coaching, contingent pay, or another indexed topic; read the relevant chapter file.
• With a chapter - ask for ch05 or a chapter title to load that chapter.
• Browse - ask what chapters or supporting files are available.

The source is a management textbook, so this skill extracts decision rules and methods rather than reproducing textbook prose. When a topic is not covered in the core section, use the chapter and supporting files before answering.

Core Frameworks and Mental Models

1. Define PM Correctly

Use performance management for a continuous cycle of identifying, measuring, developing, and aligning individual and team performance. Treat performance appraisal as one assessment component. If the system is an annual form with no ongoing goals, feedback, coaching, development, or renewal, it is appraisal rather than PM.