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UK pension fund management after Myners: the hunt for correlation begins

Blake, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

The Myners Report will have a number of significant consequences for pension fund management and performance measurement in the UK. It changes the way in which assets are selected. The strategic asset allocation will have overriding importance in pension fund management. Asset classes will be...

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Too big to fail and too big to succeed: accounting and privatisation in the Prison Service of England and Wales

Mennicken, Andrea - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

shows how the reforms promoted a systemic decentring of Prison Service accountability. Prison managers and regulators came …

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Performance of personal pension schemes in the UK

Gregory, Alan; Tonks, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

This paper examines the performance of personal pensions (exempt unit trusts) in the UK 1980-2000. Unitised personal pension schemes are a type of mutual fund that is constituted as a contractual savings scheme, whose value can only be accessed at retirement. By studying the performance of these...

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Matchmaking: the influence of monitoring environments on the effectiveness of performance pay systems

Belfield, Richard; Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

structure of workplace monitoring environments. In addition, it presents evidence that managers learn about optimum combinations …

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Does performance pay de-motivate, and does it matter?

French, Stephen; Kubo, Katsuyuki; Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

The sheer scale and speed of the shift of payment system from time-based salaries to performancerelated pay, PRP, in the British public services provides a unique opportunity to test the effects of incentive pay schemes. This study is based on the first large scale survey designed to measure the...

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Performance persistence of pension fund managers

Tonks, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This paper examines persistence over time in the performance of fund managers responsible for making the investment … strong evidence of persistence in abnormal returns generated by fund managers over one year time horizons. …

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Evaluation logics in the third sector

Hall, Matthew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

In this paper I provide a preliminary sketch of the types of logics of evaluation in the third sector. I begin by tracing the ideals that are evident in three well-articulated yet quite different third sector evaluation practices: the logical framework, most significant change stories, and...

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Do comprehensive performance measurement systems help or hinder managers' mental model development?

Hall, Matthew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

managerial performance. Results show that a more comprehensive PMS helps managers to confirm their mental models of business unit … operations. In contrast, findings show that a more comprehensive PMS can help managers to build new mental models of business … unit operations, but only in specific settings, that is, for managers with a short organizational tenure and/or from a …

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Individual employee voice: renegotiation and performance management in public services

Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

Periodically, the ‘zone of acceptance’ within which management may use its authority to direct employees’ work needs to be adapted to the changing needs of organisations. This article focuses especially on the non-codified elements of employees’ work, such as those commonly the subject...

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