Organisation ready for Performance Management

An organisation must be ready for performance management before this process can be implemented successfully and add value to the organisation.

Activity

To assess the readiness of your organisation for performance management you can apply the following diagnostic instrument, developed by CPA Australia (www.cpaaustralia.com), or any other similar diagnostic instrument.

Select the number that best suits your organisation.

Use the key below to rate your organisation along the continuum between each pair of statements.

1 = Strongly agree with the statement on left                      

2 = Agree with a statement on left                                  

3 = Neutral

4 =Agree with a statement on the right

5 =Strongly agree with the statement on the right

Click here to download and print the questionnaire.

If you scored less than 30 on this diagnostic instrument, your organisation is ready for performance management. If you scored more than 30, your organisation is less ready for performance management but more in need of it. This means that the organisation:

• Is in strong need of performance management because the attitudes/capabilities of the organisation are not performance focused.
• Should change the attitudes/capabilities of the organisation through the performance management process itself – it will force people to develop attributes more like column 3 than column 1 in the diagnostic.
• Will find implementing performance management difficult.