Improving Performance Management Practices in IT firms of Pakistan

Aslam, Hassan Danial; Sarwar, Shakeel

doi:10.5296/jmr.v2i2.342

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“…Managers have to manage their own performance first if they want to be a good performance manager. Research of Aslam and Sarwar (2010) explored that the company manager should be trained first about the system and implementation of that system which company own HR managers or third party experts are going to introduce in the organization. Gaining the line manager's commitment on PMS is one of the major problems.…”

Section: Need For Pm Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Performance Evaluation in Private Schools: a Case Study of the Educators School

Sarwar¹,

Awan²,

Nazeer³

2014

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Performance appraisal system is of important apprehension of any organization while administrating its human resources. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance appraisal system for teachers in private schools and elaborate the problems align with this system. The Educators School has been taken as a case study. A quantitative research approach has been applied which consist on a self administered questionnaire to get primary data for exploring different parts of current performance appraisal system and perceptions of teachers regarding performance appraisal approaches in their school. Research results shows that The Educators School is using performance appraisal system that is closely related with traditional ACR (Annual Confidential Report) conducted annually. This study is conducted on a small level only on one franchise of the school system with small sample size. Researchers suggest that school administration should provide continuous feedback to their teachers and a solution to overcome their weaknesses and this system should only be used for performance improvement purpose.

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Section: Need For Pm Systemmentioning

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Performance Evaluation in Private Schools: a Case Study of the Educators School

Sarwar¹,

Awan²,

Nazeer³

2014

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“…PM practices contribute to firm"s performance and are critical to the profitability and long term success of SMEs (Wiesner et al, 2007). Aslam and Sarwar (2010) further add that PM practices provide evidence whether anticipated results have been achieved and also the extent to which each member in the organisation has efficiently completed his/ her job well, as the information will serve as a good base for feedback to managers and help employee to help monitor their strength and weaknesses.…”

Section: Performance Management (Pm) Practicesmentioning

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Towards establishing long term surviving small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa: An entrepreneurial approach

Neneh¹

2012

Afr. J. Bus. Manage.

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The question of why some businesses survive and others do not is still a central focus in entrepreneurship studies. Considering that entrepreneurs/owner-managers are the key decision makers in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and have direct control over the day to day operations of their business, ensuring the long term survival of their businesses remains a crucial issue to them. The objective of this paper is to establish a unique set of entrepreneurial competencies (entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial characteristics and business practices) that can help entrepreneurs to create long term surviving SMEs. This study adopts the theoretical framework on achieving long term SME survival established by Neneh et al. (2011) and empirically tested the validity of their findings. The population for the study comprised of entrepreneurs in the SME sector in Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba'Nchu (Free State province in South Africa). The results corroborated with the theoretical assumptions established in the framework. The key finding was that all entrepreneurs who possessed all the entrepreneurial competencies had a very high probability of achieving long term SME survival. This study provides empirical evidence to endorse the theoretical framework for achieving long term SME survival. It is assumed that this study will act as a guide for business consultants and academics to gain a better understanding of the type of learning tools they need to adopt to take entrepreneurs through the learning process in order to ensure the long-term survival and sustainability of SMEs.

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“…According to Almogbil (2005) perceived functional performance of internet banking has a positive relationship with its adoption. Due to its technical nature and self-service features the functional risk is found to be higher among the developing nations with high illiteracy, as compared to the developed countries, where perceived operating difficulty and chances of incomplete transactions due to internet speed failure are recognized to be higher (Agarwal et al, 2009;Kuisma et al, 2007, Aslam andSarwar, 2010).…”

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Perceived Barriers Towards Adoption Of Internet Banking Among Non-Metropolitan Internet Users Of Pakistan

Aslam

Khan

Tanveer

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Internet banking is a vital component of E-banking flourished rapidly in developed countries unlike developing countries. This paper provides recommendations for the banks offering internet services after examining the barriers in adoption of internet banking perceived by the active internet users living in non-metropolitan areas of Pakistan. Various, significantly perceived barriers identified by previous studies are presented after an extensive literature review in order to form a basis for developing questionnaire and comparing the findings. Data were collected from 520 customers of the banks offering internet services. The respondents selection criteria was being active internet user and living in non-metropolitan area of Pakistan. Findings show that the loss of personal service and one to one relationship with bankers, low perceived value of internet banking as compared to traditional banking and lack of knowledge, information are perceived to be the most significant barriers in adoption of internet banking among respondents. Unlike other studies lack of security, risk of hacking, fear of incomplete transactions and high financial risks are perceived to be moderately significant barriers. The study recommends that the banks should identify the information needs of the customers and establish the effective information channels to communicate the benefits and uses of internet banking services and develop long term relationship.

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Improving Performance Management Practices in IT firms of Pakistan

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Performance Evaluation in Private Schools: a Case Study of the Educators School

Performance Evaluation in Private Schools: a Case Study of the Educators School

Towards establishing long term surviving small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa: An entrepreneurial approach

Perceived Barriers Towards Adoption Of Internet Banking Among Non-Metropolitan Internet Users Of Pakistan

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