This new book explains the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement system (ProMES) and how it meets the criteria for an optimal measurement and feedback system. It summarizes all the research that has been done on productivity, mentioning other measurement systems, and gives detailed...

Measuring the Performance of the Hollow State is the first in-depth look at the influence of performance measurement on the effectiveness of the federal government. To do this, the authors examine the influence of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (with consideration of the...

Practical-nontechnical-solutions to the problems of business forecasting Written in a nontechnical style, this book provides practical solutions to common business forecasting problems, showing you how to think about business forecasting in the context of uncertainty, randomness and process...

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- The road to corporate social strategy -- Defining corporate social strategy -- Similarities and differences between social strategy and traditional strategy --...

Intro -- 1 Wertorientierte Vergütungsbemessung als Chance für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen -- 2 Ableitung von Kriterien für eine wertorientierte Vergütung in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen auf Basis der funktionalen Bewertungstheorie -- 2.1 Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen -- 2.1.1...

Targets are an important part of our work life, whether we are setting them or meeting them. Target setting forms part of the budgeting process and the performance management of business units and individuals. Unfortunately the behavioral impacts of target setting on performance are not well...

If businesses and other organizations are to meet the many and complex challenges of sustainable development, then they all, both public and private, need to embed sustainability considerations into their decision-making and reporting. However, the translation of this aspiration into effective...

Repertory grid is a technique that is emerging from the psychological arena entering the business world. As a technique it is particularly useful in putting some “shape” to vague or abstract ideas and it can help to “quantify the unquantifiable”. In the training field repertory grid may...

Reminds us that different organizations seek to deal with environmental pressures in different ways; some are proactive, others rely largely on reaction. Paradoxically, reactive crisis fighters typically thrive on the challenge of short‐term problems. Effective organisations, however, need...