Performance Management Readiness

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Written by John Vaughan
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

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