Press Release
Performance Quotient®
Provides the Most Accurate Measure of Performance
MINNEAPOLIS (Jun. 03, 2002) – Personnel Decisions International (PDI) today introduced Performance Quotient® , a new performance measurement instrument that provides a more precise, valid measurement of managerial performance than any other product on the market.
"When organizations make decisions about people, such as compensation, identification of high potential or downsizing, they need accurate information about people’s performance because mistakes can be very costly,” said Dianne Nilsen, Ph.D., director for PDI. "Numerical rating systems are influenced by things other than true performance, such as organizational politics and personal relationships. Performance Quotient® is the only product that provides unbiased, accurate, valid information about performance.”
Performance Quotient® uses a unique rating system called Computerized Adaptive Rating Scale technology. Rather than asking raters to assign a number to a person’s performance, PQ provides two sentences about how a person may behave, and asks the rater to choose the one that most closely represents the performance they have observed. Based on that response, the system presents the rater with another set of questions to further pinpoint the person's performance level in that area. This approach focuses raters on behaviors rather than numbers, reduces subjectivity and decreases rater error by 25 percent.
"Computer Adaptive Rating Scale technology has been around for several years, but this is the first time it has been applied to performance measurement ," says Nilsen. "The result is more accurate performance data that will allow organizations to make better human capital decisions.”
For more information on PDI or Performance Quotient® , contact PDI client relations at (800) 633-4410 or visit PDI’s Web site at www.personneldecisions.com.
ABOUT PERSONNEL DECISIONS INTERNATIONAL (PDI)
PDI helps organizations worldwide improve their performance and achieve strategic results through people. They partner with their clients to:
- Understand the talent implications of their strategies;
- Design and implement solutions that improve individual leadership and organizational performance; and
- Accelerate change and drive lasting improvement throughout the organization.
Specific areas of expertise help clients:
- Improve talent decisions by accurately measuring performance readiness and potential;
- Develop strategy, utilizing information collected through "voice of the customer" feedback systems;
- Enhance sales effectiveness, including people development and implementation of strategic account management programs;
- Recognize and retain top talent, through the design or enhancing of talent management systems;
- Ensure they can execute their business strategies, by defining the performance and capabilities required; and
- Develop leadership capabilities.
For more information, contact PDI client relations at 920-997-6995 (in the U.S. 800-633-4410) or visit PDI's Web site at www.personneldecisions.com.