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Performance Management And Appraisal Systems : HR Tools For Global Competitiveness is a book on the evolving performance management systems, written by T.V.Rao, one of the leading figures in the Indian HRD domain. Summary of The Book Performance Management And Appraisal Systems : HR Tools For Global Competitiveness deals with performance management systems in organizations that include appraisals and their ramifications. The book details the fundamentals of such performance systems and goes on to explore more streamlined systems to measure and manage performance. Related concepts in HR such as Teams, Competencies, Role Clarity, and Communication are discussed as contributors to a more efficient performance system. The content starts off with an Performance Management Systems and goes on to contain chapters on performance planning, role clarity, self appraisal, and accountability. The next few chapters discuss the quality of performance ratings, review discussions, using performance ratings for HR decisions, and the evolution of performance management systems in India. Once the fundamentals and the Indian context are established, Performance Management And Appraisal Systems : HR Tools For Global Competitiveness discusses concepts such as rating-less performance appraisal, team performance, and moving from a systems approach to a spiritual approach. Select cases and 360 degree feedback are also presented. 360 degree feedback, discussed in the last chapter, is the core research area of the author. About T.V.Rao T.V. Rao (born in the year 1947) is a leading academic figure in the Human Resource Management and Human Resource Development fields in India. Books by T.V. Rao include 360 Degree Feedback & Performance Management Systems, HRD Audit, Performance Management And Appraisal Systems, Measuring Organisational Climate, Designing And Managing HR systems, Organisational Renewal In NGOs, and Future of HRD. Rao has worked as a professor with the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and has advised organizations like L&T, RBI, Tata Group, SBI and BEML on key HR related matters. His consulting firm TVRLS was set up in 1996. Rao, along with Udai Pareek are regarded as the pioneers of Indian HRD and is known for his work on 360 degree feedback and what he calls Developing Leadership Through Feedback by Known People. Rao has done extensive work in competency mapping and is currently working towards developing better assessment systems.