Articles Tagged: performance

This paper will examine the effects of personality, and stress, on sporting performance with particular reference to an emerging body of empirical research demonstrating that perfectionism can have both positive, and negative, effects on sports-related quality of life and stress management strategies (Koivula, Hassman and Fallby, 2002).

What is performance management?

There are a number of definitions for the term ‘performance management’ and many of these are incredibly complex however they all share the same basic tenet that it involves identifying desired outcomes and the standards that need to be met along the way to achieve this.  Budgeting, reporting, communication and accountability are all key features of the process.

This dissertation considers training and its impact in the retail sector, concentrating primarily on fashion retail.  It includes an extensive review of available literature on training within the retail industry, with emphasis on its impact on areas of the human resource audit, including culture and staff.  Further emphasis includes profitability considerations and the impact of training initiatives on strategic change within an organisation.