Regular readers know that I periodically discuss database performance issues and that I always like to start with a definition of database performance, that I will reiterate here: If you need ...

In this session, participants will develop an understanding of what it means to be a quality manufacturing organization with a quality product in the 21st century. In this session, you will develop an ...

As businesses, policymakers and organizations look to solve grand technological, social, health and economic challenges, they increasingly rely on multiple sources of data, multiple disciplinary ...

You have to wonder why performance management in a business usually falls so flat. Heaven knows, it isn’t for a lack of tools. Annual or quarterly reviews. Key ...

The June 17 memo from the Office of Personnel Management’s acting Director Charles Ezell, “Performance Management for Federal Employees”, reflects an important development for managing employee ...

Performance management starts before the employee even reports to work on his first day -- it begins during the recruitment and selection process and continues throughout the employment relationship.

Why do we spend millions on performance management systems that everyone—managers, employees, and executives—openly admits are broken? The answer is uncomfortable but simple. We’ve designed these ...

Federal agencies almost unanimously warned the Office of Personnel Management that its forthcoming regulatory proposal overhauling federal performance management and instituting limits on how many ...