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TEST YOURSELF

Performance management quiz

Are you up to it? See if your organisation encourages good performance by taking our performance management quiz supplied by HR consultancy Chiumento

1The performance management process is…?

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0 Bureaucratic and provides little benefit to either manager or employee

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10 A valuable tool which enables managers to get the best from their people

2Managers...

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0 See their role as primarily about delivery of tasks - managing performance of others is an unwanted distraction

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10 See managing people as central to their role and devote considerable time to getting the best from their people

3Our approach to managing performance is....

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0 Mechanistic and procedure driven - it takes little account of individual needs

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10 Based on developing a deep understanding of how to get the best from each individual

4Performance measures are...

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0 Primarily concerned with compliance and control

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10 Primarily designed to provide feedback and learning to enable higher levels of performance

5Performance management discussions are predominantly...

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0 Backward looking and concerned with reviewing past performance

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10 Future-focused and concerned with creating a meaningful and motivational performance contract

6Approach to development is...

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0 Concerned primarily with identifying and addressing weaknesses; no attention is paid to future career aspirations

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10 Primarily focussed on identifying and building on strengths; considerable time is devoted to understanding aspirations and personal development needs

7Feedback is...

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0 Infrequent and primarily focused on criticism; little or no recognition for good work

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10 Regular and constructive 'coaching' takes place; spontaneous recognition is given for good work

8Goals & objectives are...

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0 Vague and imprecise; employee do not 'buy into' them

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10 Meaningful and emotionally engaging: employee are highly committed to them

9Manager/employee conversations about performance are...

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0 Infrequent and there is little mutual trust between managers and employees

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10 Regular and motivational and manager / employee relationships are based on mutual trust

10Approach to delegation is such that...

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0 There are unnecessary restrictions on delegated authority; managers are not prepared to 'let go'

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10 High levels of delegated authority exist; employees are given considerable scope to use their judgement and experience

11Performance contracts...

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0 Are unclear as to what is expected of employees; no commitments exist on behalf of managers as to how they will support employees

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12Approach to training and skills development provides...

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0 Limited training to provide skills for job and little ongoing management support

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