Performance Management – a story told through key survey figures and statistics

Written by Aurel Brudan on May 21, 2010. Posted in Editorials, Organisational performance

smartKPIs.com Performance Architect update 20/2010

Performance Management is one of the most dynamic business disciplines today. Its evolution accelerated over the last 20 years and due to the large number of concepts it employs and unstructured body of knowledge, having a comprehensive big picture view of the topic is rather challenging. One way of achieving this is by reading a lot and doing a critical review to the various ideas proposed. Another option is by monitoring the pulse of the discipline as reflected in studies and survey reports covering performance management topics.

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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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Little’s Law: a fundamental principle used in performance measurement and Lean Six Sigma

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on April 15, 2010. Posted in Articles, KPI

Developed in 1961 by a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor, John D. C. Little, the law that carries his name (Little’s Law) has emerged from being a queue theory at its origins to being applied currently in a variety of other aspects of every-day life, such as: Project Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain etc.

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KPIs and Dashboards in practice: TrackDC an innovative District of Columbia Performance Management initiative

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on March 15, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Operational performance

Performance measurement and reporting for control is not the sole purpose of tracking results against targets. One of its very important dimensions is that of enhancing accountability towards stakeholders; in private-owned organizations, reporting is directed mostly to shareholders and managers, whereas in governmental institutions, communication is directed towards the entire community served.

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All time high for New York City high school graduation rate

Written by Denisa Călin on March 13, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

In a recent press release, the  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein announced that New York City’s four year high school graduation rate rose to all time high of 63 % in 2009.

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