PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT: CREATING HIGH PERFORMANCE, NOT HIGH ANXIETY

Deborah A Blackman, Damian West, Janine O'Flynn, Fiona Buick, Michael O'Donnell

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    Abstract

    Anxiety about the evaluation of performance in the Australian Public Service (APS) affects both supervisors and those being assessed. We will explore some of the reasons for this anxiety, how it affects these organisations and the gap between the ideal of performance management and the more complex reality of practice. Our research suggests that we need a substantial change in the way we think about performance management conceptually and the way in which it should be implemented across the APS.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationManaging Under Austerity, Delivering Under Pressure: Performance and Productivity in Public Service
    EditorsJohn Wanna, Hsu-Ann Lee and Sophie Yates
    Place of PublicationCanberra
    PublisherANU ePress
    Pages79-102
    Volume1
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)9781925022674
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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