Performance Management history file – Global Performance Management for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

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

The specific needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been addressed by various initiatives in diverse areas of organizational management and development, including the context of performance management and measurement.

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Assessing organizational performance management capability – The Performance Management Maturity Model

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on April 20, 2010. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

A model is a simplified representation of the world. According with The American Heritage Dictionary (2001), a model can have multiple significations, one of the most used  being “a schematic description of a system, theory, or phenomenon, that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics”.

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BARC research study: Performance Management – Current Challenges and Future Directions

Written by Denisa Călin on April 19, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Organisational performance

Between March and May 2009, Business Application Research Center (BARC) an unbiased market analyst based in Germany, conducted a study regarding the maturity of organisational Performance Management processes. The study had 553 respondents from around the world, across a wide range industries, countries and organizations.

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Performance Measurement taxonomy – linking Performance Measurement and Management

Written by Aurel Brudan on April 17, 2010. Posted in Editorials, Organisational performance

smartKPIs.com Performance Architect update 15/2010

In my previous update, I discussed the concept of taxonomy and outlined the structure of a Performance Management taxonomy.  A subset of Performance Management is Performance Measurement and thus a separate taxonomy is required to illustrate its key elements.

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From Performance Measurement to Management in the Local Government – ICMA Case Studies

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on April 10, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Organisational performance

The Center for Performance Measurement from the International City-County Management Association (ICMA) published in 2008 the book intitled „What Works: How Local Governments Have Made the Leap from Measurement to Management”.

This resource from ICMA is directed towards helping local public administrations to deal with and improve their performance measurement initiatives, by putting under the reader’s attention no less than 70 case studies featuring successful practices in the field of performance management and measurement, all coming from ICMA members.

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