{"587279":{"#nid":"587279","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Performance Management Cycle Gets Underway ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Performance Management Cycle for 2016 is underway. All employee evaluations for 2016 are due to Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) on March 31, 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPerformance management applies to all employees: staff, as well as academic and research faculty, including but not limited to those in part-time and temporary positions, retired-but-working individuals, visiting faculty, and postdoctoral fellows. The performance evaluation and goal-setting processes remain a critical focus for Georgia Tech as the Institute provides employees the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally. Beginning this year, GTHR is adopting a philosophy of Performance Management 365 to help ensure performance management is a priority throughout the year. As such, new tools including the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ohr.gatech.edu\/forms#performance\u0022\u003ESelf-Assessment Form\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ohr.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/one-on-one_coaching_guide-011717.pdf\u0022\u003EOne-on-One Performance Coaching Guide\u003C\/a\u003E have been developed to assist employees and managers in this continuous feedback process. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ohr.gatech.edu\/forms#performance\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to view these forms.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecommended Timeline for 2016 Review\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFeb. 15:\u0026nbsp;Employee completes Self-Assessment Form and forwards a copy to manager. The Self-Assessment is a new tool and, while not mandatory, will assist employees and managers in better comparing performance to established goals throughout the year.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMarch 1: Manager completes an Annual Evaluation for each direct report and schedules a one-on-one conversation.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMarch 31: Manager completes all Annual Evaluation conversations and provides a signed copy of the evaluation to GTHR to be included in employee files.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERecommended Timeline for 2017 Goal Setting \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EFeb. 28:\u0026nbsp;Manager disseminates overall goals and objectives to team.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EMarch 31:\u0026nbsp;Manager completes one-on-one conversation with each direct report, outlining individual performance objectives for the year. (While goal-setting forms are not required or due to GTHR, use is strongly encouraged.)\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about the performance evaluation and goal-setting processes at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ohr.gatech.edu\/performance\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eohr.gatech.edu\/performance\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Performance Management Cycle for 2016 is underway. All employee evaluations for 2016 are due to Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) on March 31, 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Tech Performance Management Cycle for 2016 is underway. All employee evaluations for 2016 are due to Georgia Tech Human Resources (GTHR) on March 31, 2017. 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