The Performance Management Dashboard

Create a New Performance Agreement

Every ~~employee~~user forming part of the performance management process, gets access to their own Performance Management Dashboard. This dashboard is actually just a high level summary of the current status of each of ana ~~employee'~~user's performance contracts. Normally, ana ~~employee~~user can have one performance contract for any given performance cycle.

If the user has an existing contract

The dashboard below tells us that:

The ~~employee~~user is busy with the 2022 performance cycle.
It is the ~~employee'~~user's personal performance contract being displayed, but the ~~employee~~user is also a manager, managing a team of people, each having their own contract.
The duration, and current status of each contract phase e.g. objective setting, rating etc.
What is the suggested next step for the ~~employee~~user, e.g. Complete the objective setting.
How much time you have left in the current phase.
The components (and their relative importance or weights) of which the contract is comprised e.g. the performance agreement (90%), and a value survey (10%), also showing their current scores - if applicable at this stage of the process.

If a user doesn't have an existing contract for the current performance cycle

If the user hasn't created a contract for the current performance cycle, the dashboard is empty, having only button with which to create a contract for the cycle.

When the employee or his/her manager creates a new agreement, the following options are available:

Create a blank review period,
Copy from employee's previous review period,
Copy from a system template or,
Copy an agreement of one of my employees.

The performance year and review frequency values displayed in the dropdown lists were provided by the System Administrator as master data.

The performance year is the year period, with a start date and end date, to which the performance contract will apply.

The review frequency is how often contract reviews will be held during the performance year e.g.:

Annual, there will be 1 review or assessment
Bi-annual = 2 reviews
Quarterly = 4 reviews, etc.

To create a blank review period or copy from the employee's previous review period, select the performance year and review frequency from the drop down boxes and click the Continue button.
To copy from a system template or copy an agreement of one of my employees, click the Copy from a system template button.

Create a Blank Review Period

A performance agreement usually consists of one or more review periods e.g. semesters, quarters etc. Within the scope of a performance agreement each semester or quarter is called a review period.

You have the opportunity to create a blank review period.

To create a new blank review/assessment period for the performance year you've selected:

Choose the Create a blank review Period radio button.
Enter a description, start and end date.
Click on Continue.

Your Performance Profile screen will be displayed showing the different sections with progress per section. Go to the Working with Your Performance Profile Dashboard article for more detail.

Copy From Employee's Previous Review Period

Copy from employee's previous review period:

If a previous performance agreement exists for an employee, its contents (except the ratings and comments) can be copied into the existing and newly created agreement. (Note again that the number of review periods in the resulting agreement will match the number of periods in the agreement that is being copied.)

Select the Copy from Employee's Previous Review Period. Enter the start date, end dates and select the review period from the dropdown list. Click on Continue.

Notice that by copying from a previous period you have...

... created the agreement
... created a review period
... populated all the sections with the same content as in the original agreement.
... kept all the approval statuses intact i.e. if the contents were approved by both the manager and employee in the original review period, the contents will also be approved in the new review period.

Copy from a System Template

Copy from a system template:

Agreement templates are predefined and prepopulated agreements, setup by the System Administrator as master data, which can be used as a quick way to create a new agreement.

Search for the required template by Template Name and/or Review Frequency.

Click on the Action hyperlink next to the template name and choose the Copy function. The new agreement is created and is opened on the agreement page, allowing the employee and manager to continue working on the agreement.

Notice that by copying from an agreement template you have...

... created the agreement
... created a review period
... populated all the sections with the same content as in the template agreement.

Copy an Agreement from one of my employees

If you are a manager with employees reporting directly to you, the additional option to copy an agreement of one of your employees is available.

Search for the required employee and contract.

Notice that by copying from an agreement template you have...

... created the agreement
... created a review period
... populated all the sections with the same content as in the agreement of the employee you copied from.