Fourth, the system should provide for the continuing skill development of evaluators. Finally, the results should be used for used for important administrative decisions. People will not pay attention to a system that has no consequences in terms of outcomes that they value. For example, a recent study compared performance management system in the former West Germany. Results showed that in former West German companies, there was a stronger link between the performance management system and administrative decisions, and this difference is probably due to the socialist political system in the former German Democratic Republic, which has had a long-lasting effect that is still observed today.