Expert Interview – Jodi Traversaro, Learning and Performance Management Manager, California Department of Personnel Administration, USA

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on November 25, 2013. Posted in Around the world, Interviews, Organisational performance, Practitioner

For the report Performance Management in 2012, The KPI Institute conducted 12 semi-structured interviews with practitioners, academics and consultants, who offered rich insights into the state of Performance Management as a discipline.

Jodi Traversaro, Learning and Performance Management Manager at California Department of Personnel Administration, USA was one of the practitioners that The KPI Institute interviewed.

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The Danes – the happiest people in the world in 2013

Written by Andreea Vecerdea on November 18, 2013. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Personal performance

According to the 2013 World Happiness report, Denmark is the happiest country in the world. The study rated the current state of people’s living, and Denmark scored 7.693, on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 stands for the worst possible life and 10 for the best.

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Protecting against financial fraud with KRIs

Written by Mihai Toma on November 8, 2013. Posted in Articles, KPI

A recent Australia-wide research study on fraud cases within financial institutions, conducted by the governance firm Warfield & Associates, has revealed that businesses and clients have lost over $200 million since 2000 due to employee committed fraud. During this period, 120 cases of fraud directly committed by employees resulted in 123 criminal convictions in Australian Courts.

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Expert Interview – Ahmed Samy, Director Corporate Strategy Office at Western Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on October 18, 2013. Posted in Around the world, Interviews, Organisational performance, Practitioner

For the report Performance Management in 2012, The KPI Institute conducted 12 semi-structured interviews with practitioners, academics and consultants, who offered rich insights into the state of Performance Management as a discipline.

Ahmed Samy, Director – Corporate Strategy Office at Western Region Municipality, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) was one of the practitioners that The KPI Institute interviewed.

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Monitoring performance in railways – KPIs should be used

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on September 30, 2013. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are monitored across all industries, as they increase companies’ performance. The railways sector is no exception.

In its 2012 annual report, Canadian Pacific Railways included a list of performance indicators and the improvements achieved for each of them.

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