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As the corporate terra-firma becomes more knowledge-based and organizations morph into performance-conscious and knowledge-driven entities, organizations lean heavily on their intangible assets to build value. As a result, performance management at the individual employee level has become a critical imperative and the business case for implementing a system to measure and improve employee performance has become stronger than ever. The extant performance management literature, though vibrant and diverse, is highly fragmented and compartmentalized. No tool is readily available for organizations to assess the complete performance management cycle. The present study attempts to develop a psychometrically sound assessment scale for improving and enhancing the performance management process. When a scale is developed, the first step is to assess the content validity. This research was re-calibrated according to Lynn's two-step stages of development and judgment. A total of 35 items were generated for the five subscales which form the performance management cycle. Experts' ratings on the items were analyzed using median, percentage agreement item ambiguity, Content Validity Index (CVI), Aiken's content validity coefficient (VIk) and Content Validity Ratio (CVR). Based on the decision rules established for this study, items were either retained or removed. The scope of this paper is to describe the process and results of generating evidence for content validity of the Performance Management Capacity Building Scale (PMCBS). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the last two decades, capacity building has gained significance among non-governmental organizations, not-for-profit organizations, community development agencies and civil society organizations. These organizations embrace capacity building to find out the effectiveness of the programs funded or organized by them. In doing so, the development organizations assess their existing capacities and devise relevant strategies to further improve their capacities. Though a diversity of views about the term capacity building abounds, there is no getting away from its all- pervasive nature. Capacity building has found resonance across a wide swathe of sectors which includes community development, health, education, watershed development, irrigation, education, civil society, tourism, infrastructure and so on. Increasingly, capacity building is being extended to for-profit organizations also. This paper offers a glimpse of the concept, framework of capacity building and the bewildering range of programs undertaken in India at different levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]