Critically examine strategic imperative for organisations and draft an essay

Task

One of the significant contributions human resource management can make to the competitive advantage of any organisation is to establish a robust performance management system that drives the achievement of organisational goals and desired behaviour.  

Critically examine this statement, using practical illustrations to demonstrate how and why this is a strategic imperative for organisations.  Examples can be drawn from your own experience, workplace and academic literature.

You must follow an essay structure that is at a minimum an introduction; a main body that outlines the argument, analyses the material you have researched and assesses this according to the guidelines above, and a conclusion. Your writing style must follow professional literacy: Citations and a final reference list that follows the APA 6 guidelines accurately; the quality of writing and presentation: use of topic and linking sentences, and of connected paragraphs; accurate mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation etc.); use respectful language to discuss all people; avoid emotive language; employ inclusive, non-sexist language; not opinionated, i.e. support observations with evidence. A minimum of twelve appropriate citations/references should be used.