Performance Management

Performance Management blog

In university there are many ways in which my performance can be measure and these include:

Attendance – Measured through register system which can show attendance levels and which class’s students have been to and which have been missed. A reward/incentive for high attendance is bursary reward and gaining a higher understanding of a subject in order to achieve a better degree.

Assignments – These are used to monitor current progress of student’s knowledge and understanding of the subject, these also are a form of test although normally over a long period of time in order to finish them.

Examinations- These are used to test student’s knowledge of the subject.

Feedback sheet – After assignments and examinations, feedback sheets are made by the tutor which help students monitor their  progress and help determine on which area of the subject to improve upon.

Lectures monitor these roles through the ways stated such as marking exams and assignments as well as teaching us the skills and knowledge required in order to answer them. Personal tutors take a background role in offering advice and support to students when needed and can help students if performance or attendance levels are low.

The main skills required in a mentor are to be:
Experienced, well-mannered and skilled at listening.
Be happy to have an honest and open mentoring relationship.
Having your assumptions challenged by your mentor.

Having an experienced mentor is essential as past experiences of the mentor will enable people to not make the same mistakes i.e. if the idea of the entrepreneur is poor then a mentor may be able to judge that it is not worth following and it is best to stop and not to spend any more time with it as it won’t be worthwhile.  Being happy and honest in a relationship with a mentor is vital as hiding facts or producing fake opinions or facts will hinder the relationship and the path to a better future will be harder to follow. By having you judgment challenged by a mentor can help you understand what you have to do next and if it is the right call. Also this helps with not making rash decisions that could have a negative impact upon the business.

During secondary school in Year 11, I was studying GCSE’s and in the earlier months there had been mock examinations. These mock exams show how well I was currently doing and determine what areas I needed to improve upon in time for the real GCSE exams. I was given a mentor who would help me in various ways in order to help achieve my potential grades. This was extremely useful and the mentor gave me help in ways to revise and how to answer questions and in turn this led to improved GCSE results. This therefore enabled me to go to 6^TH form at the school as I attained high enough grades and in turn the help from the mentor has helped me in future exam and revision scenario’s and had a positive impact upon my education.

Reference List

Mentor Support for entrepreneurs [Online] Available from: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article3778514.ece [Accessed 6th May 2011]