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Glossary of Performance Terminology Pedagogy
Performance The execution of a task or function. Performance Appraisal A human resource management system designed to provide performance feedback and recommendations for performance improvement. Performance
Behavior The
daily actions and mental models an individuals employs in striving for goal attainment. Performance Coaching A
coaching style that deals with facilitating learning and development to enhance peoples' thoughts and actions to generate positive behavioral
change resulting in improved personal effectiveness in some role or capacity.
Performance Gap The difference
between on organization's current actual performance level and its target or desired level of performance.
Performance Goal An
action-oriented, doing goal focusing on the accomplish of a specific task or outcome, as opposed to the attainment
of
personal growth (developmental goal). Performance Management
A
systematic process for managing people to achieve a consistently high level of job performance. Performance
Improvement
A
process consisting of the inplementation of developmental initiatives for acieving improvement in the results achieved
by an
individual, team or organization.
Personality The totality
of an individual's distinguishing behavioral, emotional and intellectual characteristics.
The art andscience of teaching. Personal Coaching Coaching activities with an individual client focusing on personal issues.
Personal Motivation Motivation arising from an individual's unobservable internal desires for the satisfaction and fulfillment of specific needs (see needs theory). Personal Performance InputAn element or factor existing within within a worker that has an impact on an individual's performance level.
Planning A management discipline which focuses on the conscious determination of future actions intended to achieve organizational goals and objectives.Plan of Action A detailed, written plan for goal accomplishment consisting of goal descriptions, action steps, target completiondates along with potential obstacles to achievement and actions for overcoming them.
Policy An established plan that is required to be followed in executing specific decisions and actions.Positive Reinforcement A learning process in which a behavior is followed by a reinforcing stimulus which serves to increase the frequency of the behavior. Procedure A detailed, usually-written, plan for the execution of some activity—often composed of specified methods or processes—designed to achieve a uniform approach to compliance with applicable policies or directives. Process An organized series of progressive actions, operations or functions implemented to achieve a specific outcome. Proficiency The execution of a task or function in accordance with accepted standards of accuracy, completeness, effectiveness and efficiency. Psychology The science that deals with the impact of the powers, functions and operations of the human mind on behavior. |
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