For the report Performance Management in 2013, The KPI Institute conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with practitioners, academics and consultants from 18 countries, who offered rich insights into the state of Performance Management as a discipline.
One of the main editorial rules followed in the development of the content is that a discipline can only evolve through the combined efforts of practitioners, academics and consultants. Maria Elena Sanz Ibarra , HR Director at the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications in Chile was one of the practitioners that The KPI Institute has interviewed.
One of the most popular individual performance management tools in use today is the 360-degree feedback tool, also known as multi-source assessment, which incorporates feedback from the worker, top management, immediate superior, subordinates, colleagues, and customers.
Colleges Ontario is a regional association which represents 24 of Ontario’s higher education institutions, dedicated to applied arts and technology. It is committed to providing Ontario’s colleges with a strategic direction and means for improvement in order to enable the region’s growth and progress as an education and learning centre.
An economic forecast refers to making prediction about the economy and identifying increasing, stagnant or declining trends. Economic forecasts are provided by international organizations like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the World Bank, but also by national governments and financial institutions. Forecasting is based on series of KPIs like $ Gross Domestic Product (GDP), % Inflation, % Unemployment or $ Fiscal deficit.
The recent surge in emphasizing strategic planning and performance management in companies, regardless of their geographical location, turnover or maturity has led to an increase in the use of ‘strategy jargons’ across almost all media and communication channels. One of the most common terms that are used is Balanced Scorecard (BSC).