People Management

  By Edward E. Lawler III - Forbes Performance appraisals are one of the most frequently criticized talent management practices. The criticisms range from their being an enormous waste of time to their having a destructive impact on the relationship between managers and their subordinates. Criticizing performance appraisals...

Traditional management tools may work for simple, repetitive tasks, but beware their impact on creative work. By Terry L. Mathis, founder and CEO, ProAct Safety - IndustryWeek.com There is no denying that we have learned a lot about performance management from B.F. Skinner. His experiments, and the...