- Identify and explain any reason for introducing team-based system and team performance management in MySQL.

- Identify and explain any two possible appraisal errors.

- Examine any one way of avoiding the appraisal errors.

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AT MySQL MySQL, (pronounced "My S-Q-L"), based in Cupertino, California, produces and develops database servers, software, and related tools. MySQL is the world's most popular open-source database. The company employs more than 300 people spread across 25 countries, and 70 percent of the employees work from home. Employees in some cases have never met anyone they work with in person. This work arrangement requires a different approach to managing team performance as compared to the traditional office where face-to-face meetings and contact are the norm. Technology enables a different approach to performance management. The company uses an Internet Relay Chat, which employees sign onto regularly to hold real-time meetings. Also, a software system called Worklog was developed by the company specifically to allow employees to mark off tasks when they have been accomplished. The company's method for evaluation and feedback are also adapted for virtual teams. Output and results produced are the focus of measuring productivity. There is not a strict chain of command in the MySQL work environment. Colleagues often seek out advice or ask questions to coworkers electronically, and all employees help manage individual and team performance by evaluating one another. Performance is also evaluated based on required weekly reports of accomplishments and by keeping track of employee involvement through conference calls and frequency of electronic communications, such as chat sessions and emails. In short, MySQL has adapted to a virtual work environment by using technology that enables som unique strategies to be used for managing the performance of both individuals and teams