70th Middle Management Course,

31-05-2010 to 31-07-2010
Book Review
Name of Book:
. Performance Management I N A WEEK
Author
Phil Baguley
Reviewed by:
Qameruddin Soomro,
Dy. Manager (Admin)
Lakhra Power Generation Company Limited,
Lakhra
Course Director Dy. Director Course
Anwar-ul-Haque Ijaz Ahmed Gohar

Wapda Administrative Staff College, Islamabad

Performance Management in a Week
The great thing a little lamp can do
which the big sun can do, that is, it
gives light at night. So no one is
superior by size but by the
purpose
 Sequence of Presentation

About the Author

About the Book

Writer’s Objectives

Summary

Comments and Views

 About the Author
• The book under review has been written by Phil
Baguley who is a business writer and has held
senior management roles in Multi National
companies. The Author is a prolific writer who is
regarded an authority in the domain of business
and Management consultancy. The Author has to
his credit a number of books for managers some of
them being, Successful work place communication,
Teach your self performance Management, Teach
your self Teams and Team working, Teach your self
Negotiating and Teach your self surviving
organization etc.
 About The Book
• The book “performance management in
week” written by a famous business writer,
Phil Baguley was first published in the year
2001. Since then it has been reprinted for a
number of times by hodder & Stoughton,
London. The present updated edition of the
book was rewritten by the Author in the year
2007.
• This is in fact a guide book which aims to
provide step by step guidance to help
improve one’s performance in an effective
manner. It contains 07 Chapters and has 96
pages.
 About The Book (CONTD..)
• This book gives a comprehensive and
clear understanding of message having
no ambiguity at all for successful
performance management.

• This book serves as an easy and

effective guide both for the new readers
and those wanting to brush up their
existing knowledge for the attainment
of their goals in a Week’s time.
 Writer’s Objective
• Successful performance management is a
goal that is not only attainable and
achievable but also maintainable and
sustainable. With a change that is chosen
having a specific objective in mind and by
empowering people and with dedication,
thought, commitment and sheer hard work
and following the week-wise managerial
techniques cleverly illustrated by the Author,
one can finish to the bottom-line i.e. achieve
his goals in an effective manner.
 Writer’s Objective (Contd..)
• Successful performance management is not just
about efficiency. It’s all about being effective and
adaptable. Phill Baguley has an important
message for all of us that one can attain and
develop management skills or renew his existing
knowledge by following simple week long steps,
he elucidates in his book. The writer emphasizes
that one does not need to be a genius to be a
successful at his performance management. It’s
an on going commitment, a 24/7 lived-in
process.
• To sum up, the objective of the writer seems to
create an awareness and equip managers with
management techniques in a quick succession
to achieve their goals.
 Summary
• Successful performance management is a
goal that is not only attainable but also
maintainable and sustainable. Phil Baguley
explains tactfully how to share this
message with readers for achieving more
and meaningful using available resources
with us on each day of the week.
Highlighting on week wise activities, which
also need to be practiced vigorously, the
writer emphasizes that:
 Summary (Contd..)
• One can achieve the objective of performance
management by affecting change, involving people
by an act of empowerment for every one, creating
quality, setting goals, targets and bench marks for
arriving at right decisions aimed at customer
satisfaction.
• People are core to successful performance
management. Successful performance management
is done with people rather than to them. The writer
exhorts and stresses readers to understand and
follow in letter and spirit following of his Ten
Commandments in a week’s time for their on-going
and continuous success.
 Summary (Contd..)
1. Successful performance management is no
longer an optional extra.
2. Successful performance management means
accepting and embracing change rather than
holding it at arm’s length.
3. Successful performance management is a
continuous and on-going process, rather
than a one-off project.
4. Performance management is a ‘people
centered’ activity.
5. Successful performance management is
done with people, not to them.
 Summary (Contd..)
6. Successful performance management is driven
by the gap between where you are now and
where you want to be.
7. Successful performance management
measures are credible and understandable.
8. Successful performance management
measures are about efficiency, effectiveness
and adaptability.
9. Successful performance management uses
techniques that are relevant and effective –
and uses them well.
10.The ultimate judge of your performance
management is the customer – and they
deserve to be delighted.
 Comments and views
• The title of this book “performance
management in a week” is very interesting
and illuminating.
• The author has tried his best to explain
eloquently about all aspects of performance
management in an elaborative manner to
create an effective message that inspires
readers to help them succeed.
• This is the book that throws light on the
active agents of successful performance
management.
• The Author’s insightful secrets show us how
to use the available resources with us to
attract attention and reach to our goals in a
week’s time.
 Comments and views (Contd..)
• Performance management is a key issue in
business today where organizational survival
demands flexibility to respond to change
while improving performance continually.
• The book provides a useful knowledge and
skills that we need to begin and sustain the
on-going process of successful
management.
• Having read this book, it has been concluded
that it is not only informative but also an
entertaining one, which contains a road map
for every one who is connected with any
managerial or business activity.
 THANKS &
ALLAH HAFIZ