Performance Management System Implementation Challenges in State-Owned Enterprises

Abstract

It is common especially in developing countries that implementing a performance management system (PMS) in public institutions face numerous challenges. This may be due to poor leadership; lack of goal setting; poor alignment of individual personal objectives with organizational goals; lack of communication lack of training and personal development; lack of monitoring, review, and performance feedback; lack of change management initiatives; and no reward for exceptional performance. Adopting a systematic literature review and critical content analysis, this paper focuses on the concept of management systems, particularly the implementation of the PMS, identifies the challenges hindering the implementation of the PMS in an organization, and highlights the success factors of PMS with reference to state-owned enterprises.