TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose–Many multi‐business companies apply one performance management approach to all their businesses despite differing needs. This study proposes a flexible approach to managing performance that allows for variation across businesses and over time.Design/methodology/approach–Based on a study of over 100 consulting projects in performance management and interviews at 15 major organisations.Findings–The best way to simplify performance management is to recognize that it has been approached from the dimensions of people and process for years. The people dimension considers how to get the best out of people and the way they interact with each other. The process dimension is about formal mechanisms for executing strategy and tracking the more quantifiable aspects of performance.Practical implications–An insightful framework to help companies develop the right kind of approach to managing performance.Originality/value–Based on unique and extensive consulting experience and research data. Distinguishes between performance per se and the process of managing performance. A new framework that combines people and process dimension for selecting the right approach to managing performance.
VL  - 32
IS  - 5
SN  - 0275-6668
DO  - 10.1108/02756661111165444
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/02756661111165444
AU  - Wilkes John
AU  - Yip George
AU  - Simmons Kevin
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Performance leadership: managing for flexibility
T2  - Journal of Business Strategy
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 22
EP  - 34
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -