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Performance Management

BUSA-X408.77

Please note that the next offering of this course is scheduled to start on October 5, 2026 (Fall Quarter). Enrollment will open on August 8, 2026. 
You can view our Academic Calendar for the official start and end dates for each quarter. 

Effective performance management maximizes employee talent and creativity while supporting retention, development, reward, and motivation. This course teaches students to leverage technology, AI and emerging theories to help managers design systems and practices that engage employees and optimize performance in complex, multi-generational, and evolving workplaces. 

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course, students will:

  • Analyze and explain the business case and return on investment (ROI) for performance management within an organization
  • Evaluate and apply strategies for improving performance and their impact on human behavior across dynamic workplace settings (in-person, remote, hybrid)
  • Align and integrate performance management practices within an organization’s overall talent philosophy
  • Design, implement, and assess an effective, equitable performance management system that fosters an inclusive culture
  • Translate and apply organizational strategy and goals into measurable individual performance objectives
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Course Information

Online
3.00 units
$565.00
Notes: Required Textbook: "Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building" 1st edition by Claire Hughes Johnson, Stripe Press, (ISBN: 9781953953216). The textbook can be purchased through the UC San Diego Bookstore or any other online retailer.

Additional Materials Fee: Please purchase the following HBS Brief Case,  $8.95: https://store.hbr.org/product/ron-ventura-at-mitchell-memorial-hospital/913572?sku=913572-PDF-ENG. 

This course can be taken on a stand-alone basis or counted towards our Professional Certificate in Human Resource Management. If you are interested in pursuing the certificate, please ensure you have successfully completed the prerequisite course, Managing HR: An Overview — or plan to take it concurrently with this course.

For more information, register for our free online info session or contact the program manager at HRPrograms@ucsd.edu.

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Section ID:

EL00003685

Class type:

Online Asynchronous.

This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

Textbooks:

Textbook 1.) Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building, 1st edition. Author: Claire Hughes Johnson, Stripe Press, ISBN: 9781953953216. 2) Additional Materials Fee: Please purchase the following HBS Brief Case, $8.95: https://store.hbr.org/product/ron-ventura-at-mitchell-memorial-hospital/ 913572?sku=913572-PDF-ENG.

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Withdrawal End Date:

10/13/2026

Schedule:

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Instructor:

Andrea Summers
Andrea Summers
Andi has over a decade of experience in leveraging learning and engagement to achieve
breakthrough results.

She is a values-driven leader with strategic, operational, and tactical HR experience. Her areas of expertise include leadership development programming and facilitation, defining organizational mission, vision, and values, creative evaluation approaches for measuring impact, and organization/culture assessment and design. Currently the Head of People & Culture for a clean technology company, Palmetto, and formerly the Chief People Officer of NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School).

An area of passion and distinct subject matter expertise for Andi is the creation, maintenance, and sustainability of remote or virtual communities. She has published articles on the topic in the International Journal of e-Collaboration as well as for Fast Co. and the American Management Association.

Committed to enabling change through emerging leaders and with a degree in nonprofit communication, Andi has served several organizations in a pro bono capacity, most notably acting as the Executive Director of the Board for My Kaleidoscope Project.

Andi is known for her authentic leadership and genuine desire to invest in equitable, ethical, transformative causes and organizations.
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