Trade Logistics in the Global Economy – World Bank Group 2010 report
Improving logistics performance has become an important development policy objective in recent years because logistics have a major impact on economic activity.
Setting targets, cooking steak and using thermometers
smartKPIs.com Performance Architect update 7/2010
Setting targets is relatively easy if you want to make it easy – just pluck a number from the air, make it your target and strive to achieve it. However, there is more to target setting than a simple number selection.
An introduction to theory in Performance Management: Goal Setting Theory
smartKPIs.com Performance Architect update 6/2010
In my previous update I highlighted the benefits of increasing theory awareness in performance management practice. It has the potential to positively impact the process of selecting, developing and using performance management solutions. Over the next few months, I will gradually introduce some of these theories, in no particular order.
On the importance of theory in Performance Management
smartKPIs.com Performance Architect update 5/2010
Performance management is one of those disciplines that seem to be intuitively easy. It is closely related to everyone’s life. We all hear about setting goals here, achieving targets there, implementing strategies, writing vision statements, living values and so on.
The Innovation Capacity Index
A useful resource for managing innovation performance at national level is the The Innovation for Development Report. The report “provides a comprehensive look at the role of innovation in enhancing the development process” at national level. The first section of the report presents the Innovation Capacity Index, a methodological tool for measuring innovation at national level.
