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When the uncountable counts: An alternative to monitoring employee performance

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  • Platts, K.W.
  • Sobótka, M.

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This article presents an alternative viewpoint to the accepted wisdom that detailed performance measurement of individual employees is necessary to achieve superior performance. As we reveal, managers of a market-leading German energy distribution company do not utilize performance measures to manage the performance of their employees; rather, operational excellence is achieved through mechanisms ultimately based on trust and responsibility. Building on observations at this firm, we put forward a set of proposed characteristics of companies that may not require formalised individual performance measurement systems in order to achieve high performance standards.

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  • Platts, K.W. & Sobótka, M., 2010. "When the uncountable counts: An alternative to monitoring employee performance," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 53(4), pages 349-357, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:bushor:v:53:y::i:4:p:349-357
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