Describes the development and testing of a framework which can assist in the process of designing performance measures … designed performance measures can result in dysfunctional behaviour often due to the method of calculation encouraging … individuals to pursue inappropriate courses of action. The performance measure record sheet presented provides a structure which …

The collapse of the dot‐com business sector has shown that, in reality, there is only one economy, with a new … technology trying to find its way in it. Success in business will always depend on two areas of attention: building the business …; and protecting the business. The Business Idea provides a method to consider the future viability of a business …

or other activities. Findings The mortgage securitization system (MSS) securitizes tangible assets and provides necessary …

on external conditions, harvesting arm’s velocity, positioning accuracy and repeatability; and gripper‐cutter performance …. Results show excellent range‐finder and harvesting arm operation, while a bottleneck is detected in gripper‐cutter performance …. Some figures showing overall performance are given.  …

performance criteria which measure contribution eed to be developed for all employees so that rewards can be disentangled from …

performance. These constructs are unique to each team and are derived directly from the team members themselves. Once team members … have generated their personal constructs of team performance, they give a rating for their team in comparison with their … of well‐acted and badly‐acted plays. This method of measuring team performance has advantages over the traditional, all …

performance. Other findings based on the impact of length of operation on performance are also reported. The paper discusses the …

Australian auditing standard AUP 33 ‐ Performance Auditing is the first auditing standard to deal exclusively with a … non‐“financial statements” audit topic. Auditing the performance of management and commenting on how economically … performance audits have usually been kept within the organization concerned. With the growth of perceived dissatisfaction with …

Notes that measurement of R&D performance has always posed great problems due to the nature of R&D activity and the … difficulties in identifying a tangible output. Also that performance measurement systems have often been built on input variables … or on qualitative evaluation of the output. Attempts to identify quantitative measures of R&D performance and to single …

Dealing with a less‐than desirable performance appraisal takes skill and preparation. Provides many tips on preparing …