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Proposed Research Area (Please indicate the module from which the topic is taken):
Human resource management module
Proposed Research Topic:
Performance management
Proposed Research Question:
How did the introduction of a performance management system impact staff
motivation at ABC Company?
Rationale for Choosing this Topic and Question:
Performance management is a key management tool which can effectively motivate
staff in the right conditions. Often there are problems with its implantation as
acknowledged in the literature. There appears to be little research done on the use
of performance management in higher education in this country also.
From a professional perspective, I am a HR specialist and plan to continue to purse
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4. Herzberg, F. (2003): One more Time: How do you motivate employees, Harvard
Business Review, Jan
5. Grote, D. (2000):Performance appraisal reappraised, Harvard Business Review,
Jan-Feb
6. Levison, H. (2003): Management by Whose Objective?, Harvard Business
Review, January
7. Townley, B. ( 1997): The institutional logic of appraisal, Organisation Studies, 18
(2): 216-285
8. Snape, E., Thompson, D. Yan, f. and Redman, T (1998): Performance appraisal
and culture: practice and attitudes in Hong Kong and Great Britain, International
Journal of Human Resource Management, 9 (5): 841-861
9. Paik, V., Vance, C. and Stage, H. (2000):