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Performance Management for Educational Institutions
As the need for talented workforce is growing worldwide, so is the need for faculty & staff with requisite skills in the educational institutions to produce the base for generating such a work force. Businesses are continuously demanding fresh talent which can meet challenges of twenty-first century through innovative and out-of-the box thinking. Business leaders are counting on educational institutions: schools, colleges, universities and other training establishments for infusing well-qualified fresh talent into industry.
In turn, educational institutions are continually striving for improving their output both in terms of numbers and the quality of talent offered for varying jobs in different types of organizations. The excellence of output from an educational institution depends on the quality of their faculty, support services and infrastructure. To achieve higher levels of excellence, institutions need to set high performance goals for their academic and non-academic staff. These goals should be effectively measured at frequent intervals to bridge performance gaps, if any. Institutions which can effectively manage the performance of their faculty and other employees can leave their mark on industry.
Thus, having the best of class performance management system is not only a need of the hour but an enabler of excellence in an educational institution.
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Challenges of Paper-based (Document/Spreadsheet-based) Systems
Many institutions have a paper-based evaluation system in place for their academic and non-academic staff. However, these systems are no longer capable of meeting the daunting challenges faced by educational institutions. Some of the challenges are:
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Paper-based systems are not integrated with employee databases, so they require significant amount of rework every time appraisal process is set in motion.
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In paper-based systems it is difficult to calculate evaluation scores and consolidate data for all employees across the organization.
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Having a consistent work-flow for evaluation process remains a big challenge.
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As data are spread across papers/ files, it is difficult to analyze/compare performance of various work groups.
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HR has to spend significant time to collate and consolidate reports for management perusal.
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With paper- or document-based system, it is difficult to track the status of appraisals.
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Special Needs of Colby-Sawyer College
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They required superior web-based technology.
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A relatively simpler approach for performance management.
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Flexibility to change competency and skill sets for different employee groups.
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Multiple work-flows for appraisal.
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As their IT department is small, they required a maintenance-free system.
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Secured access to performance management system.
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Superior Technology for Performance Management by EmpXtrack
EmpXtrack performance management system with its large pool of competencies, skills and work-flows has emerged as one of the best options for educational institutions worldwide.
The features available in EmpXtrack Performance Management System are comparable with large-enterprise solutions such as SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft with added advantages of Web 2.0/ SaaS architecture.
Another advantage of EmpXtrack over large ERPs is its minimal need for customization, as the large number of configuration options available in EmpXtrack help in reducing customization efforts.
Educational institutions demand web-based system with user-friendly, intuitive interface and a large amount of flexibility to change appraisals. As EmpXtrack meets all these needs, it has been opted by many educational institutions across continents (Asia, Africa and United States).
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