“The employee performance appraisal is an underperforming, periodic business process that is loathed by both employees and managers alike. report, “ Disrupt the Employee Performance Process to Align with Business and Customer Outcomes.” July 2, 2014). MORE

Consistently and accurately evaluating employee performance is essential not only to individual success, but to the overall success of an organization. That being the case, you’d think more companies would actively measure employee performance. Performance Management MORE

The book covers the full People Analytics scope (Benefits, Compensation, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, Engagement, Leadership, Learning & Development, Personality Traits, Performance Management, Recruitment, Sales Incentives) with numerous real-world examples, and shows how R can help”. MORE

At Reviewsnap, we''ve seen firsthand the benefits delivered by a pay-for-performance structure that closely ties compensation to the performance review process. Like most human capital challenges, tying compensation to performance reviews has its share of pros and cons. MORE

In mid-August, a New York Times article about Amazon featured heated accounts from former employees describing a workplace that rewards top performers with praise and bonuses, while punishing those who can't — or won't — commit to 85-hour work weeks and 24/7 availability. MORE

Performance Reviews Need Help. In a recent survey conducted by Adobe, 88% of the survey participants indicated they were part of a performance appraisal process. This same study found that managers in these programs spent, on average, 17 hours per employee preparing for their performance reviews. Scary statistics, however, do not justify eliminating performance appraisal programs. It’s too valuable a data source and management tool. MORE

Pundits, academics and business executives alike have been criticizing HR for not being business savvy, having poor strategic thinking and analysis skills, not having predictive models, innovation, and even a lack of activeness, agility and competence. MORE

It's been an interesting year in the world of Human Resources: The certification debate rages on , talent management is evolving at whiplash pace, generational diversity has created a roller coaster of succession planning and the social space has never been more populated with educated HR advisors. In truth, HR remains the organizational pipeline to employees, managers and executives. Behavior Change Management Now more than ever change is paramount to organizational success. MORE

In a 2014 IDG survey, only 24% of enterprise organizations migrated or planned to migrate HR functions/applications to the Cloud. Not to mention, the potential of a system to include Artificial Intelligence and predictive analytics in sourcing , recruiting and managing people more efficiently. HR departments, for instance, use applicant tracking systems to manage job ads, sort resumes, shortlist applicants, coordinate with their team/candidates and so on. MORE