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Effectiveness of Performance Management System


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1 National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India
2 Human Resource Department, Indian Register of Shipping (IR Class), Mumbai, India
     

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The purpose of the article is to understand the effectiveness of performance management system of organization. Authors have tried to extract the parameters of performance management effectiveness from employees of the organization. HR employees of the organization were facilitators. This article has based its argument on agency theory. Thus, based on the results a framework of effective performance management system (PMS) has been proposed.
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Authors

Sumi Jha
National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India
Suman Kumar Jha
Human Resource Department, Indian Register of Shipping (IR Class), Mumbai, India

Abstract


The purpose of the article is to understand the effectiveness of performance management system of organization. Authors have tried to extract the parameters of performance management effectiveness from employees of the organization. HR employees of the organization were facilitators. This article has based its argument on agency theory. Thus, based on the results a framework of effective performance management system (PMS) has been proposed.

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