• Homogeneity - standardization and comparison of results
• Adequateness - procedures and criteria adjusted to firms' and positions specific
• Permanent - connection with previous periods
• Systematic - permanent process
• Simplicity - procedures must be elear and understandable
• Transparency - criteria, appeal procedures, results usage
• Flexibility - adjusted to a situation
• Confidentiality
Core skillsfor performance management
• Objective setting - identifying success factors, prioritizing
• Performance assessment - summarizing. judging
• Coaching - instructing, providing feedback, facilitating
• Delegating - entrusting, guiding, monitoring
• Supporting - recognizing needs, interpersonal skills, advising
• Communication - listening, discussing, being accessible
• Motivation - communicating the process of PM, clarifying key results area, providing resource support if reguired
Determinants of expatłs effectiveness:
■Compensation structure;
■Objectives to realize;
■ Headquarter support;
■ Environment of intemational assignment;
■Expatriate and spouses acculturation.
Strategles of performance review:
•Closed reporting (tell and sell) - the appraise has very little input into discussion
•Open reporting (tell and listen) - after the appraiser reporting is complete, appraiser listens to the reactions of the appraise.