Public and private sector organisations alike are increasingly engaged in adopting the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) mechanism for monitoring and measuring their employees’ performance levels. Line managers - now more thanPublic and private sector organisations alike are increasingly engaged in adopting the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) mechanism for monitoring and measuring their employees’ performance levels. Line managers - now more thanever - are conscious of the need for establishing quantifiable performance measures (KPIs) to continuously monitor and measure the progress and accomplishment on defined employee objectives. This ultimately helps the organisation foster a performance culture that promotes consistency and objectivity, and hence fairness and credibility throughout the performance management process.

Employee KPIs are instrumental in the strategic planning process to ensure alignment of employee objectives and KPIs with the department’s objectives and KPIs. Thus, employee KPIs can help improve the execution of the overall organisational strategy.