Performance Management Applied at the Performer Level.

According to Kissler (1991), performance management begins by determining why it should take place at all. He believes that performance management helps organizations sustain or improve performance, promote greater consistency in performance evaluation, and provide high-quality feedback. Performance management helps organizations link evaluations to employee development and to a merit-based compensation plan. Moreover, it forms a basis for coaching and mentoring, permits individual input during the evaluation process, and allows for a blend of qualitative and quantitative evaluations. Performance management is a process that helps manage employee expectations of job demands and factors that reveal how well the job is done.