Mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Public Management in the Faculty of Business at the CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2013 / Gillis (2004:1) stated in her publication in Communication World that “employees are the lifeblood of an organisation.” Local governments, both in South Africa and abroad, are increasingly faced with the need to change for a number of reasons, one of which is to change so as to become more responsive and improve performance. As local government devises means to attain the objectives of performance management, how does it ensure that performance management objectives are mainstreamed within the organisation? Academic writers agree that staff resistances are counterproductive to the efforts made by any municipality to introduce performance management systems with the aim of bringing about effective and efficient service to its constituents. The key to avoiding staff resistances, which all organisations have to take account of, is communicating with employees. The writer suggests that this process is necessary and unavoidable, yet it is almost always ignored. The main aim of this study was to review the communication practices underpinning the Balance Scorecard (BSC) performance management system within the Cape Town Metropolitan Police Department (CTMPD). Tentative discussions with the metropolitan police department’s middle and low level managers indicated little understanding of how the BSC fits into the CTMPD’s accountability measures. At regular senior management meetings, called the Operational Management Forum (OMF), in 2011, the researcher learnt from operational directors and managers that they were not properly consulted with regard to the BSC system and that the implementation of the system was not adequately communicated. Managers claimed that only a short presentation was given in 2009 and it was then expected that middle managers would achieve the desired results and attain objectives towards which they had very little input. They have since become disillusioned and have resorted to focussing solely on ensuring that they spend their budgets with little understanding that there is more to the BSC than financial measurements. Thus the research questions were posed: why was performance management introduced within the CTMPD and what guidelines can be provided to improve how performance management is communicated to managers? A questionnaire was used to gain insight into this; it was administered to middle management within the CTMPD. The main findings of the research were that the respondents have an understanding of performance management. Another finding was that the majority of the respondents were not trained in the BSC performance management system. The researcher thus recommended that the safety and security training college be tasked to develop a training workshop, with the help of the support services manager. In addition, the researcher also recommended that the support services division ensures that candidates eligible for middle management positions be tested on their core communication skills and understanding of performance management principles prior to appointment.

Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Public Management In the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences At the Cape Peninsula University of Technology / The aim of this study was to analyse the management of employee performance with particular reference to the challenges faced by the National Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (NDRDLR) in the Western Cape Province. The Employee Performance Management System (EPMS) provides an integrated framework to manage employee performance through continuous improvement and development. Hence, the organisation identifies the availability of skills, shortcomings and appropriate measures to overcome these shortcomings by means of training, retraining and recruiting skills for the programme or project at hand. A qualitative research methodology was applied using mainly unstructured interviews, focus groups, observation and literature review. A case study approach assisted the researcher to acquire valuable data which was collected from the sample of senior management, middle management, union representatives and human resource practitioners within the National Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) in the Western Cape. The study identified how the performance management systems (PMS) is applied at the DRDLR and also probed into strategies and tools for managing employee’s performance. A purposive sample was composed of managers, and staff from the DRDLR. The researcher obtained approval to conduct the study from the Deputy Director: Human Resource Management within the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, and from the Ethics Committee at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Findings from this study provided some significance of performance management at the work-place, and some understanding of what is EPMS by both the employer and the employees. This study revealed that there was less understanding of the EPMS, employees’ understanding of EPMS was biased towards pay benefits and rewards. The non-compliance of participants during performance management was a barrier towards the implementation of the EPMS at the DRDLR from the top to bottom in the departmental units where the sample was extracted. The study recommends a workable approach where all affected employees should be included in the planning of performance reviews, and should be trained continuously in order to address shortcomings in the implementation of EPMS. The findings and conclusions from this study contribute to the field of Public Management, while the study also allows other researchers to conduct further research in the field of performance management.

Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Human Resource Management In The Faculty of Business At The Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013 / This paper aims to determine if there is a relationship between performance management and organisational performance owing to a lack of staff motivation. If there is such a relationship the paper aims to investigate implementation of performance management for a selected company in the construction industry. The paper begins by outlining the background and history of the construction industry and presents a review of literature of performance management which provides insight into the topic. The paper examined different views of performance management from both practitioners and organisations and discusses the aims, benefits and shortcomings of performance management. Additionally, different evaluation methods and performance measurement methods were investigated to provide an in-depth understanding of the topic. The background and overview of the selected company in the construction industry was discussed. The paper used a case study and qualitative research approach. The results of the research prove that there is an inverse relationship between performance management and the lack of motivation that affects organisational performance. The paper concludes by showing that the selected company is in need of a performance management system and suggesting the development of a performance management system that should support a culture, which is based on feedback and communication. A framework is presented which ensures that effective strategies are deployed to adopt a performance management system.

Thesis (MTech (Business Management))--Peninsula Technikon, 2003. / This dissertation sets out to develop a Performance Management System for the Greater Stellenbosch Municipality. It is proposed for use as a unit of analysis. The system provides a framework for determining developmental priorities and identifying the appropriate resources. The system monitors progress and simultaneously serves as an instrument that maintains municipal accountability for the delivery of its core developmental functions. Internationally, an infinite number of research projects in the field of performance management and best practices for organisational performance have been undertaken for local authorities. This includes a range of terms extending from the 1950's, known as benchmarking, to the current context where the balance scorecard has been put on the performance agenda. The emphasis for increased and accountable performance of local authorities is currently on the foreground, because local authorities are now responsible for executing duties in the form of developmental outputs.

A renovação da administração pública brasileira tem se caracterizado por significativas reformulações, principalmente, no que se refere aos instrumentos e às práticas de gestão. Nesse contexto, temas relacionados à gestão do desempenho têm tido papel fundamental para a modernização do setor público. No entanto, implantar um sistema que mensure os resultados frente aos objetivos e contribua na definição de ações de melhorias ainda é um grande desafio para a lógica segmentada da gestão pública. Nesta perspectiva, este trabalho buscou construir e implantar um sistema de medição, baseado em indicadores de desempenho, para os processos de gestão de pessoas de uma universidade pública federal. Para isso, baseou-se no modelo de gestão de desempenho de processos de Heckl e Moormann (2010), com o desenvolvimento das seguintes etapas: (i) identificação dos processos de gestão de pessoas, (ii) definição dos objetivos e fatores críticos de sucesso dos processos, (iii) identificação dos indicadores de desempenho dos objetivos e fatores críticos, (iv) avaliação e seleção dos indicadores, (v) definição da forma de apuração dos indicadores, (vi) definição do modelo de sistema de medição de desempenho, (vii) alimentação do sistema, e (viii) validação do sistema. Os problemas relacionados à disponibilidade e extração de dados se revelaram como a maior dificuldade para o desenvolvimento do trabalho. Apesar disso, o sistema foi avaliado positivamente quanto as suas propriedades e procedimentos, assim como quanto aos seus propósitos. / The renewal of Brazilian public management has been characterized by significant reformulation, mainly regarding management instruments and practices. In this context, themes related to performance management have played a fundamental role to modernize the public sector. However, implementing a system to measure results against objectives and contribute to define improvement actions is still a considerable challenge considering the current segmented logic observed in the public management. In this perspective, this research aimed to build and implement a measurement system, based in performance indicators, designed to support people management processes in a public federal university. For this, the study was based in the processes performance management model from Heckl and Moormann (2010), comprising the development of the following stages: (i) people management processes identification, (ii) definition of processes objectives and critical success factors, (iii) identification of performance indicators based on the objectives and critical factors, (iv) indicators evaluation and selection, (v) definition of indicators’ calculation method, (vi) definition of the performance measurement system model, (vii) system’s data feed, (viii) system’s validation. The problems related with the data availability and extraction proved to be the greatest difficulty for the development of this research. Nevertheless, the system was positively evaluated in relation to its properties and procedures, as well as its purposes.

För att kunna leda och styra ett tillverkande företag krävs det att man mäter rätt saker för att skapa sig ett gediget beslutsunderlag. Vad som är rätt att mäta är dock ingen självklarhet. Många företag vet inte alltid varför de mäter just det de mäter och vissa mätningar görs av ren tradition. I vissa specifika situationer, till exempel vid en stor investering i exempelvis produktionen, är det intressant att mäta innan investeringen genomförs och sedan jämföra detta med tidpunkt efter att investeringen tagits i bruk för att identifiera förbättringar till följd av investeringen. Syftet med detta examensarbete är att ta fram övergripande faktorer och specifika mätetal som ett tillverkande företag bör följa upp beroende på vissa inre och yttre omständigheter kring företaget. Inre omständigheter syftar till olika tillverkningsegenskaper och produktegenskaper, och de yttre omständigheterna syftar till bland annat konkurrensfaktorer. Vi har utifrån detta skapat ett ramverk ur vilket man identifierar företagens inre och yttre omständigheter samt kopplar dessa till företagets mål vilket resulterar i specifika mätetal som passar just det aktuella företaget. För att kunna ta fram ramverket har vi i examensarbetet genomfört litteraturstudier, förintervjuer med tre tillverkande företag och telefonintervjuer med cirka 30 tillverkande företag. Vi har studerat befintliga prestationsmätningsmodeller ur vilka vi har kunnat sammanställa viktiga mätetal indelade i strukturerade grupper. Med hjälp av litteraturstudien och förintervjuerna kunde en hypotes med förväntat resultat av telefonintervjuerna formuleras. Resultatet av telefonintervjuerna diskuterades sedan tillsammans med hypotesen vilket resulterade i tabeller med mätetal för de framtagna faktorerna vilka ramverket slutligen bygger på.

Modernas provedoras de serviços de TI estão sob constante pressão para aumentar sua competitividade. Meios de reduzir os custos e aumentar o desempenho (i.e., produtividade e qualidade) dos serviços oferecidos são temas centrais na indústria de TI. Contudo, apesar de todos os esforços feitos até hoje, modelar e otimizar processos de TI que envolvem operadores humanos continua sendo uma tarefa complexa. O humano pode ser influenciado por inúmeros fatores e executar o processo de uma forma diferente a cada vez, portanto, introduzindo uma significativa variabilidade no resultado final do processo. Apesar de todas as pesquisas feitas até hoje terem introduzido melhorias significativas no gerenciamento de serviços, ainda restam muitos desafios (e.g., mudanças rápidas, limites orçamentários, falta de conhecimento, complexidade dos sistemas, atuais e futuros requisitos dos usuários e finalmente aumento nas expectativas dos usuários) que não foram completamente resolvidos pelos esforços atuais. Dentre todas as tecnologias disponíveis atualmente, uma em especial, conhecida como Web 2.0, ainda não foi investigada pela indústria e pela acadêmia no contexto da gerência de serviços de TI. Dentre todas as tecnologias e aplicações que definem aWeb 2.0, uma é de especial interesse nesta tese: os mashups. Mashups sao aplicacoes Web criadas a partir da composicao de recursos disponiveis online (e.g., mapas interativos, Web services, paginas HTML). Facilidade de uso, extensibilidade e desenvolvimento específico de contexto são exemplos de características apresentadas pelos mashups que os candidatam como uma solução viável para aprimorar o gerenciamento de serviços de TI. Desta forma, o objetivo desta tese é investigar a aplicabilidade de mashups como uma solução efetiva para melhorar o desempenho (i.e., em termos de produtividade e confiabilidade) de atividades de gerência de serviços de TI que envolvem operadores humanos. Em particular, esta tese tem como objetivo definir soluções de gerenciamento necessárias para melhorar e avaliar o desempenho de processos de TI. Especificamente, esta tese foca nos passos do processo que podem ser medidos através de observação ou intrumentação e que podem ser aprimorados através de projeto e automação. As soluções de gerenciamento introduzidas são investigadas através de um estudo de caso real, relacionado ao processo de Cumprimento de Requisição. O foco deste estudo de caso é nos operadores humanos com a responsabilidade de receber as requisições dos clientes e encaminhá-las paras administradores de sistema responsáveis por resolver as requisições. Neste contexto, os mashups são investigados como uma solução efetiva para lidar com ineficiências e erros introduzidos pelos operadores humanos enquanto executam suas atividades diárias relacionadas à gerência de serviços de TI. Foi realizada uma extensa investigação das tarefas realizadas por um grupo de especialistas em um centro global de suporte e entrega de serviços de TI. Os resultados demonstram a viabilidade da tecnologia de mashups como solução para aprimorar a gerência de serviços de TI. / Modern IT service provider organizations are under a continuous pressure to increase their competitiveness. Ways to reduce costs while improving performance – in terms of productivity and quality – of services are a key focus area for companies in the IT industry. However, despite all the solutions that have been proposed, modelling and optimizing human-centered processes remains a burdensome task. The human operator may be influenced by multiple factors and execute the process in a different way each time, thus introducing a significant variability in the final process outcome. Although the research proposed so far have introduced improvements on service management, there are several challenges (e.g., rapid change, budgetary constraints, skill shortages, system complexity, current and future user requirements, and growing user expectations) that are not completely covered by the current efforts. Among the new technologies available today, a set of novel ones, referred to as Web 2.0, has not yet been investigated by both industry and academia in the ITSM context. In the myriad of technologies and applications that define the Web 2.0, one is of special interest in this thesis: the mashups. Mashups are Web applications created through the composition of preexisting Web resources (e.g., interactive maps, Web services, traditional HTML pages, or even Flash presentations). Easiness of use, extensibility, and context specific development are examples of characteristics presented by mashups that candidate them to be a viable technology for improving IT Service Management. Therefore, the goal of this thesis is to investigate the feasibility of mashups as an effective approach to improve performance (i.e., in terms of productivity and reliability) of human-centered ITSM activities. In particular, this thesis aims to define management solutions required to deliver and demonstrate improvements in performance of humancentered ITSM processes. Specifically, the focus is on individual steps in the process that can be assessed through instrumentation or observation, and can be improved through design and automation. The analysis of exogenous events are not addressed, such as answering telephone calls or other interruptions. The introduced management solutions are examined through a real case study, related to the Request Fulfillment process. The focus of this case study is on dispatch, an activity centered on human operators called dispatchers, with knowledge of standard fulfillment procedures. In this context, mashups are analyzed as an effective approach to cope with inefficiencies and errors introduced by human operators while performing their daily activities in the context of ITSM. An extensive analysis of tasks performed by a group of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in a global IT Service Support and Delivery organization was performed. The results demonstrate the viability of the mashups technology as a means for improving IT Service Management.

A inteligência competitiva é reconhecida como um processo sistemático, composto de fases inter-relacionadas que visam a análise de dados e informações, para suportar tomadas de decisões estratégicas. Contudo, a utilização dos resultados gerados pela inteligência competitiva está associado à cultura da informação, ligada aos valores, normas e atitudes com relação à informação e à aprendizagem organizacional. Esse conjunto de variáveis pode estar relacionado ao desempenho das organizações que atentam para o processo de inteligência competitiva. Dado ao evidente relacionamento destes constructos, a presente dissertação possui o objetivo de analisar a relação entre a inteligência competitiva, a cultura da informação, a aprendizagem organizacional e o sua influência no desempenho em empresas do setor vitivinícola. A pesquisa foi realizada com uma abordagem quantitativa, natureza aplicada e com objetivos descritivos, junto às empresas vitivinícolas localizadas nos municípios da Serra Gaúcha. O procedimento adotado foi o levantamento do tipo survey, por meio de instrumento de pesquisa de escalas validadas em estudos anteriores. Os resultados indicaram a existência da relação entre a inteligência competitiva, cultura da informação, aprendizagem organizacional e desempenho, no entanto, atitudes e comportamentos relacionados a consciência da inteligência competitiva, com vistas a promover um ambiente e processos propícios ao desenvolvimento da aprendizagem, servirão suporte ao processo de inteligência competitiva e, consequentemente, na melhora do desempenho da empresa. / Competitive intelligence is recognized as a systematic process, with interrelated phases that aim to analyze data and information, in order to support strategic decision making. However, the use of the results generated by competitive intelligence is conected to information culture, linked to values, norms and attitudes regarding information and organizational learning. This set of variables may be related to the performance of organizations that engage in the competitive intelligence processes. In this context, this dissertation aims to analyze the relation between competitive intelligence, information culture, organizational learning and performance. The research was carried out with a quantitative approach and descriptive objectives, in the wine companies located at Serra Gaúcha, with the support of the Brazilian wine institute. The survey procedure was adopted, with research instrument validated in previous studies. The results showed that there is a relation between competitive intelligence, information culture, organizational learning and performance, however, attitude and behaviors related to the awareness of competitive intelligence, aimed to promote an environment and processes to develop learning, will sustain the process of competitive intelligence and, consequently, improving the company's performance.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-11T13:54:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Jaiandra Guimaraes.pdf: 358111 bytes, checksum: 7a75c7192a949dc443ba033645f555bc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-11-03 / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas / O objetivo deste projeto consistiu em analisar a atuação gerencial da empresa Gethal Amazonas S. A, uma organização florestal, para averiguar seu desempenho quanto ao cumprimento das condicionantes para o sistema de Certificação Florestal. A pesquisa apresenta caráter exploratório, com avaliação dos dados de maneira realista e sistemática, e caráter fenomenológico, relacionado à intuição intelectual, estando presente à consciência do participante do processo, sendo assim, o método qualitativo considerado o mais adequado nessa abordagem. As técnicas utilizadas foram pesquisa documental e entrevistas com aplicação de questionários. A Gethal sofre um momento de adaptações, encontrando assim, grandes dificuldades para realização das condições impostas. O processo requer todo um planejamento financeiro e pessoal, tendo em vista, demandar altos custos, necessitar da atuação ativa dos agentes envolvidos, envolverem estudos complexos exigindo profissionais específicos e parcerias. O desempenho gerencial tem contribuído para o uso mais sustentável dos recursos naturais, madeireiros e não madeireiros, no entanto, como a empresa já executa o processo de certificação há 04 (quatro) anos observa-se que às disfunções encontradas pela certificadora já deveriam ter alcançado um nível de minimização mais significativo que permitissem modificações concretas. A dificuldade em responder efetivamente as condicionantes impostas reside: na necessidade de um empenho mais intenso no sentido de envolver satisfatoriamente todos os públicos em questão com o processo da empresa, na carência de estratégias que mensure o entendimento dos públicos sobre o que é e qual a importância da Certificação, na ausência de um diagnóstico sócio participativo que saía da esfera da superficialidade e nas influências do faturamento da empresa, como flutuação do dólar, barreiras impostas por órgãos ambientais e o próprio mercado europeu que exige a marca CE (Comércio Europeu). A empresa precisa buscar maior efetividade gerencial a fim de responder satisfatoriamente as condicionantes para o bom manejo florestal.

Propôs-se no presente trabalho um modelo estruturado para, partindo-se da missão e visão da organização, de seus objetivos estratégicos declarados bem como de suas estratégias, identificar quais os fatores críticos de sucesso e propor-se um sistema de indicadores de desempenho estrategicamente alinhado com seus objetivos. Para tanto, utilizou-se de uma série de conceitos, modelos e ferramentas disponíveis para medição e avaliação de desempenho a fim de se criar um modelo de gestão das contribuições individuais que pudesse confrontá-las com as metas globais, com o objetivo de subsidiar o gestor na tomada de decisão no que se refere ao direcionamento de ações e recursos, de forma a garantir metas globais, aproveitando-se também das diferenças ambientais e potencialidades individuais de cada uma das unidades contribuintes da organização avaliada. / In the present work a structured framework is proposed for, departing from the organization’s mission and vision of the future, from its strategic objectives and adopted competitive strategies, identify critical success factors and propose a performance measurement system that is strategically aligned with the organization’s objectives. For such, a number of available performance measurement and evaluation concepts, models and tools where used in order to create a performance management framework form managing individual contributions that could be confronted to global targets, with the purpose of subsidizing manager in decision making, regarding action and resource directing, as means of guarantying global targets while taking advantage of environmental differences as well as individual potentialities of each of the evaluated organization’s contributing units.