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of organization goals by aligning individual objectives 

with the strategic objectives of the organization.

Performance management provides the basis for 

self-development  but,  importantly,  it  is  also  about 

ensuring that the support and guidance people need 

to  develop  and  improve  are  readily  available. 

Performance  management  can  play  an  important 

role  in  rewarding  employees  by  providing  them 

with positive feedback and the recognition of their 

accomplishments.

Performance  management  is  often  seen  as  pri-

marily a developmental process and may therefore 

be  referred  to  as  ‘performance  and  development 

management’. It can also be used to generate ratings 

that inform performance pay decisions.

Shields (2007: 24) explained that a performance 

management system has a fourfold purpose: