Contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in Wuhan, China

The purpose of this study is to investigate management factors that contribute to effectiveness of performance management in Information Technology Industry of Small and Medium Enterprises in Wuhan, China. The respondents of this study consist of 151 human resource managers from IT SMEs in Wuhan. Sp...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liang, Qian
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/39013/5/LiangQianMFPPSM2012.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-utm-ep.39013
record_format uketd_dc
spelling my-utm-ep.390132017-09-21T08:27:18Z Contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in Wuhan, China 2012-06 Liang, Qian HD28 Management. Industrial Management The purpose of this study is to investigate management factors that contribute to effectiveness of performance management in Information Technology Industry of Small and Medium Enterprises in Wuhan, China. The respondents of this study consist of 151 human resource managers from IT SMEs in Wuhan. Specifically, this study aims to investigate the main factors affecting the effectiveness of IT SMEs performance management, the relationships between management factors (planning, communication, information collection, appraisal, feedback and reward) and the effectiveness of performance management, and the critical factors that influence the effectiveness of performance management in IT SMEs in Wuhan. The study uses survey method whereby data was collected using questionnaire and was later analyzed by using quantitative method, such as descriptive and inferential statistics. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used for data analysis in this study. The descriptive statistical analysis of mean range was used to identify the level of six management practice factors in Wuhan IT SMEs. Pearson Correlation Analysis was used to identify the relationships between independent variables (planning, communication, information collection, appraisal, feedback and reward) and dependent variable (effectiveness of performance management). Furthermore, the Multiple Regression Analysis was used to test the critical factors influence effectiveness of performance in Wuhan IT SMEs. The findings showed that the information collection is the main management factors affecting the effectiveness of IT SMEs performance management, and all the six management factors have significance and positive relationships between the effectiveness of performance management. However, the performance planning, reward, appraisal and communication were the critical factors influence the effectiveness of performance management in IT SMEs in Wuhan. In order to improve the performance management in IT SMEs in Wuhan, several suggestions were forwarded at the end of this study. 2012-06 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/39013/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/39013/5/LiangQianMFPPSM2012.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management and Human Resources Development Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
collection UTM Institutional Repository
language English
topic HD28 Management
Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management
Industrial Management
Liang, Qian
Contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in Wuhan, China
description The purpose of this study is to investigate management factors that contribute to effectiveness of performance management in Information Technology Industry of Small and Medium Enterprises in Wuhan, China. The respondents of this study consist of 151 human resource managers from IT SMEs in Wuhan. Specifically, this study aims to investigate the main factors affecting the effectiveness of IT SMEs performance management, the relationships between management factors (planning, communication, information collection, appraisal, feedback and reward) and the effectiveness of performance management, and the critical factors that influence the effectiveness of performance management in IT SMEs in Wuhan. The study uses survey method whereby data was collected using questionnaire and was later analyzed by using quantitative method, such as descriptive and inferential statistics. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used for data analysis in this study. The descriptive statistical analysis of mean range was used to identify the level of six management practice factors in Wuhan IT SMEs. Pearson Correlation Analysis was used to identify the relationships between independent variables (planning, communication, information collection, appraisal, feedback and reward) and dependent variable (effectiveness of performance management). Furthermore, the Multiple Regression Analysis was used to test the critical factors influence effectiveness of performance in Wuhan IT SMEs. The findings showed that the information collection is the main management factors affecting the effectiveness of IT SMEs performance management, and all the six management factors have significance and positive relationships between the effectiveness of performance management. However, the performance planning, reward, appraisal and communication were the critical factors influence the effectiveness of performance management in IT SMEs in Wuhan. In order to improve the performance management in IT SMEs in Wuhan, several suggestions were forwarded at the end of this study.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Liang, Qian
author_facet Liang, Qian
author_sort Liang, Qian
title Contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in Wuhan, China
title_short Contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in Wuhan, China
title_full Contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in Wuhan, China
title_fullStr Contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in Wuhan, China
title_full_unstemmed Contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in Wuhan, China
title_sort contributing management factors to performance management effectiveness in information technology industry of small and medium enterprises in wuhan, china
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management and Human Resources Development
granting_department Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/39013/5/LiangQianMFPPSM2012.pdf
_version_ 1747816538501545984