A CASE STUDY OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL IN A SMALL PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANISATION: THE GAPS BETWEEN EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCE JOHN MOONEY A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Chester for the degree of Masters of Business Administration CHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL December 2009 1 Acknowledgements To my beloved wife Lesley‚ and children‚ Liam‚ Shaun and Hannah‚ who tolerated my regular withdrawals from normal family life throughout my MBA studies
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Stratgery / Case: Panera Bread Company / Igor Maas / 02.15.2008 The main challenge is to determine how Panera Bread can continue to achieve high growth rates in the future. Panera Bread is operating in an extremely high competitive restaurant market which forces the company to improve and to grow steadily for staying profitable. The company’s mission statement of putting “a loaf of bread in every arm” is just underlying Panera’s commitment for growing. They are now in a good financial situation
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DESCRIPTION PAGE NOS. 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2. INTRODUCTION 3. RESARCH METHODOLOGY 4. COMPANY PROFILE 5. DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION 6. FINDINGS 7. SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 8. ANNEXURES 9. BIOLIOGRAPHY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The performance appraisal system ideally is an organisation designed programme involving both the organisation and the personnel to improve the capability of both. The elements of performance management include:
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organisation vary. In an effort to quantify the contributions made by employees to an organisation‚ Human resource managers carry out what is referred to as performance appraisal. Different scholars have defined performance appraisal differently. Aswatappa‚ K(2007:226) defines performance appraisal as the assessment of an individual’s performance in a systematic way‚ the performance being measured against such factors as job knowledge‚ quality and quantity of output‚ initiative‚ leadership abilities‚ supervision
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL” SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR MASTER OF COMMERCE (M. COM) MANAGEMENT GROUP SEMESTER-I IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TO UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF. JITENDRA AHAREKAR RIZVI EDUCATION SOCIETY’S RIZVI COLLEGE OF ARTS‚ COMMERCE & SCIENCE RIZVI COMPLEX‚ BANDRA (W)‚ MUMBAI-50 DECLARATION I‚ student of Master of Commerce (M.Com) in Management Group Semester-I‚ Rizvi College of Arts
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Panera Bread began in 1981 as Au Bon Pain Co.‚ a fast-casual bakery and café chain‚ founded by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s‚ the chain grew along the east cost of the United States and internationally. It dominated in the bakery-café category. In 1993‚ Au Bon Pain Co. purchased Saint Louis Bread Company‚ which was founded by Kenneth Rosenthal. At this time‚ the Saint Louis Bread Company was in the midst of renovating its 20 bakery-cafes in the Saint Louis area. The concept’s
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1. What is your Jung Typology profile? (ISTJ‚ ISFJ‚ INFJ‚ INTJ‚ ISTP‚ ISFP‚ INFP‚ INTP‚ ESTP‚ ESFP‚ ENFP‚ ENTP‚ ESTJ‚ ESFJ‚ ENFJ‚ ENTJ) ENTJ 2. What does your Jung Typology profile type indicate about yourself? (Refer to the TypeLogic or Know Your Type link) My profile indicated that I am a natural leader and that I stand up for myself whether it is with friends or through confrontation. It stated that i also enjoy the opportunity to organize and lead. 3. What is your primary learning style(s)
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Describe positioning and operational effectiveness at Panera Bread. Identify numerous examples in your description. According to company’s profile given in case 8‚ Panera Bread’s establishment started in 1981 by Louis Kane and Ron Shaich as a bakery café. Sooner they have studied the market and opened café chains in different states. They had realized that they had an opportunity to compete with other fast food companies if they could offer higher quality and at the same time quick dining experience
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Performance Appraisal : A Managerial Viewpoint Nidhi Arora1 Poonam Arora2 Abstract Man is a social animal by nature and to earn his livelihood he has to work. In past‚ earning was required only to satisfy the daily appetite but his needs have increased e xponentially with the passage of time. Now he does not work to earn money; he works so that he can afford luxury. According to Maslow the growth need drives personal growth. Human beings are motivated by unsatisfied needs‚ and that certain
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Summary: Panera Bread Company is an expanding chain of bakery-café restaurants throughout the United States that targets urban workers and suburban dwellers. Panera is known for its fresh baked goods‚ made to order sandwiches with the company’s fresh bread‚ salad‚ custom roasted coffees‚ and other café beverages. Opportunity: Panera bread can increase sales by targeting families for meals during breakfast and dinner hours. Strategy: Panera may inform customers of food specials during the times
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