Regular readers know that I periodically discuss database performance issues and that I always like to start with a definition of database performance, that I will reiterate here: If you need ...

As businesses, policymakers and organizations look to solve grand technological, social, health and economic challenges, they increasingly rely on multiple sources of data, multiple disciplinary ...

Old-school performance management doesn't work. The dreaded annual review alienates managers and their reports alike. But companies the world over have discovered the positive changes a new approach ...

Performance management starts before the employee even reports to work on his first day -- it begins during the recruitment and selection process and continues throughout the employment relationship.