Performance Measurement, Evaluation, and Incentives

Business firms & public organizations have long struggled with the task of evaluating the performance of their managers & creating reward structures that truly motivate them to pursue organizational goals. Success in this vital task has been elusive. This volume presents a number of field studies by top scholars that address three key issues: 1) alternative methods of rewarding managers; 2) reward mechanisms across organizations & cultures; & 3) implementing performance evaluation schemes. Unlike most of the research done in this area, these studies look beneath the highly visible arenas of the CEO to the large, unexplored realm of middle management