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Federal Performance Management: Agencies Need Greater Flexibility in Designing Their Systems

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 24, 1993
Report No. GGD-93-57
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Summary:

Performance management refers to processes, such as the setting of expectations for employees, formal end-of-year job appraisals, and decisions on promotions and awards, that federal agencies use to improve individual and organizational effectiveness in doing the government's work. This report examines the performance management systems in use at various federal agencies. GAO (1) identifies the elements of an effective performance management system; (2) determines whether these elements were included in federal agencies' systems; and (3) discusses the views of personnel officials, employees, and researchers on the adequacy of federal performance management systems.

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