Nairobi, April 16 -- Performance management is not just about hitting targets, it's about continuously raising the bar - Unknown

The Academy to Innovate Human Resources has defined performance management as a set of processes and systems aimed at developing employees, so they perform their job to the best of their ability.

Aguinis and Kraiger, who are connoisseurs of human resource and organisational psychology have elected to say that "Performance management represents an ongoing process of communication between a supervisor and an employee that occurs throughout the year, in support of accomplishing the strategic objectives of the organisation.

The communication process includes clarifying expectations, setting objectives, identifyin...