Document Type : Narrative Review

Abstract

One of the ways to manage human resources is performance management. With a systematic approach, this sort of management determines strategic goals, identifies indexes, collects, analyzes and reports data and ultimately improves the organization performance. Performance management is a process that calls for the interaction of factors such as administrative goals, accountability standards and evolutionary behaviors.
There is a variety of models in performance management. However, designing and establishing performance management plan require us to follow a given practical model. The selection and implementation of performance management models can enhance the accuracy and reliability of the process itself. Among the models, the following can be referred to :Canada auditing office, World Health Organization, European foundation for quality management and input-output linear model. This study is aimed to evaluate these models to help us acquire a precise understanding of them and their impact on the performance of an organization.

Key words:
Organization and Administration-Personnel Management, Employee Performance Appraisal.