15. A computer-implemented performance management apparatus operable in an enterprise comprising individuals organized according to a hierarchy, the apparatus comprising: a user interface allowing a user to define a data dictionary, the data dictionary defining processing of performance management data, wherein the data dictionary comprises one or more data fields, an operator for defining an operation to be applied to performance management data in at least one of the data fields, and wherein each data dictionary field comprises a user-selectable level of the hierarchy to which the data dictionary field is to be applied; an information management function executed on a performance management transaction server to receive performance management data, to apply the received performance management data against the data dictionary, and to create for an employee an individual performance measurement according to the operation at the user-selectable level of the hierarchy.
19. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the information management function is to generate a report based on a result of applying the received performance data against the data dictionary.