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ARTICLE:

“SUCCESS MANAGEMENT
What Performance Management Was Meant to Be”


by Mac Carter and Joe Parham.
Published in “The OD Practitioner”
(The Journal of the Organization Development Network), Vol. 30, No. 4, 1998 (updated 2011)

This article describes a dynamic, value-driven process for building an organization that learns faster. “Success Management” has the power to super-charge organizational learning and create a world class enterprise. The article clarifies the core concepts and describes a case study involving the design and implementation of this system in Polaroid Corporation. Here are some excerpts:

"... The common methods for setting goals and evaluating performance often seem artificial, out of sync, and a waste of time to managers struggling in the white water of constant change. They seldom fulfill management’s all consuming need for control, efficiency and predictability. They also lack the power to evoke what’s truly needed in turbulent times – a deeper, centering influence on people, their mind, their work and their spirit."

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