Performance assessment

One of the many people management techniques which 'classify and order individuals hierarchically' (Townley, 1994: 33). Modern assessment is often focused on competences.

See also:

Appraisal
Assessment Centres
Balanced Scorecard
Behavioural Compliance
Benchmarking
Best Practice
Behavioural Consistency
Charisma
Cloning
Management by objectives (MBO)
Performance Management
Performance-related pay (PRP)
Personality
Talent Management

Based on the glossary section of Human Resource Management, 4th edition.

HRM Textbooks

Human Resource Management, 4th edition
by Alan Price
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
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