Performance management is about planning, doing, checking and acting. In other words, it involves formulating a plan of activities, establishing a set of objectives, setting key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure performance, and appraising actual performance. Therefore, managers direct the discussion towards key concepts such as objectives, goals, KPIs, desired state of evolution and outcomes. The ultimate goal is to help organizations reach top performance at different organizational levels.
Discussions on data visualization have rapidly increased over the last years as more executives, managers, analysts and basically everybody, wish for a better understanding of the raw data behind every day dashboards, scorecards or presidential poll results. The struggle is to bring the raw data to life in a simple and comprehensible manner.
Current organizations achieve their goals mostly nowadays working on projects that can be successfully brought to an end when and if they are accomplished by working teams. These teams can be predefined by the organizational structure or, in some cases where companies have very flexible policies, teams can be formed at the employees’ proposals and choices.
Google Trusted Stores is an initiative that aims to provide the best shopping experience for online customers. A satisfied customer is a winning point for both the merchant and Google. Moreover, setting quality standards for web purchases raises confidence among online shoppers.
In the words of the data visualization expert Edward Tufte, “Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time, with the least ink, in the smallest space.”
