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Performance management and appraisal
About performance management and appraisal:
The Public Service Commissioner's Directions 1999 require each Agency Head to implement a performance management system (often called an appraisal scheme) in their agency.
Current directive publications, circulars & advices:
- State of the Service Reports
- People and Performance in the APS: A Guide for Managers and Staff (1999)
- Counselling for better work performance (2000) (issued with COMCARE Australia)
- Performance Management (2002) (also available as a PDF)
- Advice No 10: Non-Performance of Duties
Current good practice advice
- Human Resources Capability Model
- Workforce ageing: Materials for Human Resource practitioners in the APS
- Productive and safe workplaces for an ageing workforce
- Flexible working arrangements for older workers
- Superannuation and mature-aged APS workers
- Integrated Leadership System
- Managing succession within the APS
- Sharpening the focus: Managing performance in the APS


