Performance Management Readiness
Thursday, 05 November 2009 15:10
Assess your organisation's performance management readiness
To assess the readiness of your organisation for performance management, use the following questionnaire1.
Select the number that best suits you:
1 = Strongly agree with the statement on the left
2 = Agree with the statement on the left
3 = Neutral
4 = Agree with the statement on the right
5 = Strongly agree with the statement on the right
| Statement | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Statement |
| We take planning seriously | Planning is a paper exercise for us | |||||
| We know what factors influence the performance of our business | We have never really come to grips with the factors that influence the performance of our business | |||||
| We take a long term view of our business | We operate mostly from day to day | |||||
| Our managers take a broad view of business results | Our managers focus only on financial outcomes | |||||
| We have strong human relations in our company | We are not really a people focused business | |||||
| People accept accountability readily in our business | People avoid taking accountability in our business | |||||
| We use consultants sparingly only where we lack the skills required for the task | We over-use consultants they are everywhere in our company | |||||
| The sections of our business work well together | The sections of our business work as silos | |||||
| We apply tools/techniques only when we are sure they are right for us | We apply the latest tools/ techniques without fully evaluating their value to us | |||||
| If staff need skill development in our business, they get it no questions asked | We do not provide adequate training and development for our staff |
If you score more than 30 on this diagnostic, you are less ready for performance management but more in need of it. That is, you:
- are 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
- will find implementing performance management relatively difficult
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1. This readiness assessment was originally published by CPA Australia
Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 November 2009 15:26 )
