A System Dynamics Model of Employees’ Performance

Mudhafar Alefari,Mohammed Almanei,Konstantinos Salonitis

doi:10.3390/su12166511

Abstract

Employee performance is dynamic and can have great impact on the overall performance of any company and its sustainability. A number of factors that can be controlled by the company can affect the employees’ performance. The present paper starts with a thorough literature review for identifying these key driving in order to develop a system dynamics models that will be able to assess different improvement scenarios and initiatives. Based on causal loop diagrams, stock and flow diagrams are developed and solved using system dynamics theory. The model developed can be used for organizations to assess the impact of different improvement initiatives.

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Employee performance is dynamic and can have great impact on the overall performance of any organization and its sustainability
System dynamics were used in the present paper for analyzing the interrelations of the factors that have an impact on employee performance
Causal loop diagrams were developed based on a thorough literature review that were transferred to stock and flow diagrams for the mathematical simulation

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Introduction

Employee performance is dynamic and can have great impact on the overall performance of any organization and its sustainability This is understood by companies, and human resource management departments are responsible for measuring the performance of the employees. One of their key objectives is to develop methods and policies for improving their performance constantly. The senior management and leadership attempts to align the organizational objectives with the employees’ agreed key performance indicators (KPIs). Such KPIs include measures, skills, competency requirements, development plans, and the delivery of results. Such an approach does not account for employees who are not motivated only with financial rewards

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