The short presentation explains the importance of my master research project at Henley Business School and the potential benefits for the participants. The findings of the research can be interesting for business and HR leaders interested to gain an insight how employee performance management works in U.S. and Germany and what can be learned from the different practices. Feel free to contact me in case you are interested to attend the project and, or if you would like to exchange, share experience in this subject.

1. If you are a HR Leader, or a HR
Professional in Germany, and you feel the
need
▪ to improve the performance
management sysem of your organization,
▪ And you are interested in benchmarking
your practices with the "best practices
" from U.S.,
You are weclome to attend my master
research project in light of my MBA studies at
Henley Business School.
Comparison of the U.S. Perfomance Management Best
Practices with the German Peformance Management Systems
How can you and your organization benefit from this research?
Attending the research project allow you to benchmark your performance management
system with the latest best practices from the U.S. Upon completion of the project, you can
get the copy of the executive summary, and on demand a gap analysis that can help you to
identify further development opportunities for your own system.
What is the importance of this research?
The fourth industrial revolution fundamentally change the way we work and live today and
tomorrow. To keep pace with the increased speed and demanding business needs
performance management is going through a major transformation in the U.S. What can be
learned from the latest best practices, and whether these are universally applicable in
Germany? These are the focal questions of the master thesis.
How can you attend the project?
You can contact me on my cell phone, or via my e-mail address Z.Czegledy@programme-
member.henley.com to set-up a 30 minutes face-to-face, or skype interview.
Master Research by Zoltan
Czegledy, MBA candidate,
Henley Business School
München, Germany
Supervised by Dr Elizabeth
Houldsworth, Director MSc
International HRM, Henley
Business School Greenlands, UK
Issued : 15.05.2017 P1/3

2. Who is undertaking the project?
This project is being conducted by Zoltan Czegledy under the supervision of Dr. Elizabeth
Houldswort. Zoltan is an MBA candidate with more than 15 years of experience in
procurement and leadership at large global corporations across various industries. Elizabeth
works across Henley Business School in the areas of Managing People and International
HRM. She is a member of the British Academy of Management's Special Interest Group in
Performance Management.
How could the research identify development opportunities?
The research made an in-depth investigation regarding the process, key elements and
content of the best practice performance management in the U.S. Based on your feedback
we will be able to measure the position of your system to the best practices. The executive
summary will give you an insight into the key findings and recommendations of the
research. On demand, you can get access to your own performance management profile
compared to the best practice performance systems.
Any risks associated with participating in this project?
At every stage your identity will remain confidential. Your name and identifying information
will not be included in the final report. The academic management of this research complies
with the rigid ethics guidelines of the Henley Business School/University of Reading. Prior to
the interview a confidentiality agreement will be singed-off by both parties.
Zoltan Czegledy, MBA candidate
Henley Business School München
Cell: +49 172 575 4237
Email: Z.Czegledy@programme-
member.henley.com
Comparison of the U.S. Perfomance Management Best
Practices with the German Peformance Management Systems
Issued : 15.05.2017 P2/3

3. Issued : 15.05.2017 P3/3
Henley Business School München
The Henley Executive MBA programme is
globally recognized to be among the top 20 MBA programmes
in terms of relationships, reputation and relevance. This programme
is triple crowned means that from 17,000 business schools, 16,980+ express their deep
respect for Henley Business School. As one of the oldest business schools of the UK
Henley is known for agile change and sustainable practitioner and research impact in a
VUCA environment not just now but since 1945. Henley has a long standing tradition in
leadership development and with its partner the University of Reading, a spin-off of
Oxford University, it ensures continuous influx of latest knowledge and experience
relevant to organizations, e.g. disruptive innovation etc.. Henley is known for its Alumni
network rating #1 globally and its unique value to fee ratio. Its executive education
quality is regularly compared to Harvard Business School and INSEAD but at a far more
reasonable fee structure.
Why choose Henley Business School?
The Henley Flexible Executive MBA is unique fit to create impact and value for the
organization and executive participant. Instead of taking off with traditional case studies
and a master thesis we work with business cases and a master challenge tailored to
your specific organization.
Werner Krings, Director of Corporate Relations,
Doctoral Candidate
Henley Business School München
Cell: +49 151 151 61934
Email: werner.krings@henleybusinessschool.de
www.henleybusinessschool.de