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The article aims to develop a critical perspective on modern systems of performance management in organizations. It emphasizes & analyses the normative context of performance management. It is argued that modern performance management potentially causes anomic phenomenon in organizations. Here, anomie gets defined as weakness of the newly given norms of performing. This weakness results from discrepancies in the normative & factual design of the performance management systems. Referring to this, the article differentiates between four types of discrepancies & discusses relating reactions by organizational members. In general, it is supposed that new systems of performance management bear the danger to destabilize organizational premises of efficient performing & threaten the normative stability of organizations in the long run. Figures, References. Adapted from the source document.