PMP - a time to communicate

"Please find attached the performance review forms for year 2008" the email from our HR Manager started.

Some bosses I know place the wrong kind of emphasis on performance management. Some merely do it to compute the numerical assessments and pass judgement. Others see little value in taking time to complete them.

I see performance management process as it being about communication and alignment. I use it to focus on the work that must be done to ensure success.