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Five Pitfalls and Solutions of Performance Management in a Selected South African University During Covid-19

Foundations of Management
Volume 14 (2022): Issue 1 (January 2022)
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|Oct 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fman-2022-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5661 | Journal ISSN: 2080-7279
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Language: English
Page range: 111 - 126
Published on: Oct 30, 2022
Published by: Warsaw University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 times per year
Keywords:
pitfalls of performance management,
agile performance management,
performance management,
higher education,
agile performance management cycle
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Business computing,
Business and economics,
Business management,
Management accounting, financial controlling, cost calculation, investment

© 2022 MacDonald Isaac Kanyangale, Christopher Chikandiwa, published by Warsaw University of Technology
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