Performance Measurement Maturity Model – assessing organizational performance measurement capabilities

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on November 15, 2010. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

Performance Management and Measurement

In scientific management performance is associated with two key processes, performance management and performance measurement which cannot be separated from one another. Performance management both proceeds and follows performance measurement. Performance measurement appears as a sub process of performance management that mainly focuses “on the identification, tracking and communication of performance results, by the use of performance indicators” (Brudan, 2010).

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A maturity model for Global Trade Management

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on November 4, 2010. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

A recent report analyzing the global trade companies’ performance released by the Aberdeen Group reveals that global importers and exporters need to reassess their Global Trade Management (GTM) practices in order to stay updated.

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Desired State of Evolution – the newest instrument in the managerial toolkit

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on October 29, 2010. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

The pursuit of organizational clarity and alignment towards a strategic direction has preoccupied researchers and practitioners for many decades. Especially over the last 50 years, a variety of management concepts have been popularized and adopted by organizations with more or less success.

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Toyota Motor Corporation and TPS – champions of performance improvement

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on October 25, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Organisational performance

Today more than ever, Toyota continues to be studied by scholars and professionals that are interested to understand how a handful of people that formed the early Toyoda family succeeded in setting one of the one world’s greatest manufacturers. It took decades of hard work, innovation and a unique philosophy to turn what was first a small manufacturer of looms used in the textile industry into a champion in the more competitive and tough automotive global market.

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Global ranking of countries based on sovereign debt risk

Written by Denisa Călin on October 9, 2010. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

The most recent report of global sovereign credit risk for the 3rd Quarter of 2010 presents the country rating based on the Cumulative Probability of Default (CPD), indicating the probability of a country being unable to honour its debt obligations over a given time period. CPD is calculated using an industry standard model and proprietary credit data from CMA Datavision TM. Reference to ‘risky’ is purely in terms of the probability of default derived from the price of the CDS (CMA, 2010).

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