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Unit 8: Mentoring and Coaching

5. Analyse the usefulness of coaching and mentoring. What challenges do coaches and Notes
mentors face?
6. “Coaching can be thought of as two kinds of conversation: mapping-related and
performance-related.” Discuss.

7. Discuss the concept of strategic succession planning.
8. How coaching is helpful in performance improvement?
9. Make a coaching strategy to deal with underperformance.
10. Key factors in a successful mentoring scheme are similar to those in any organizational
initiative. Discuss.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Greek mythology 2. reciprocal
3. skills and talents 4. line capacity
5. Mentoring 6. common approach

7. assumptions and priorities 8. False
9. True

8.10 Further Readings

Books Aubrey C. Daniels, Bringing out the Best in People, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill, 1999.

BD Singh, Performance Management Systems, Excel Books, New Delhi.
Business Performance Management, Magazine, Matt Weiner.
Cynthia D Fisher, Human Resource Management, 5th Edition-Biztantra.
Dixit Varsha, Performance Management, 1st edition, Vrinda Publications Ltd.

Herman Aguinis, Performance Management, Pearson Education, 2007.
Kevin R Murphy, Understanding Performance Appraisal: Social, Jeanette Cleveland.
Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, Journal of Organizational Behavior Management,
Published Quarterly, 2009.

Tapomoy Deb, Performance Appraisal and Management, Excel Books, New Delhi.
Thomas C. Mawhinney, William K. Redmon and Carl Merle Johnson, Handbook of
Organizational Performance, Routledge. 2001.

Online link www.managementhelp.org

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