Innovative habit: The use of performance measurements in public sector

Written by Raluca Vintilă on February 21, 2014. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

The 2013 Canadian conference in public sector HR , “Transforming HR for a Changing Workplace”, allowed innovators in this field to bring in a discussion about learning how to do more with fewer resources. Their advice was to focus on the HR processes that deliver the most value and change or cut out the ineffective ones. The picture of fewer resources and growing needs determined innovators to highlight that it’s also time they considered novel methods for improving their processes.

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Reporting performance in the healthcare industry – Canadian Institute for Health Information

Written by Andreea Vecerdea on February 17, 2014. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Organisational performance

The Canadian Hospital Reporting Project (CHRP) is a national initiative aimed at increasing transparency across the healthcare industry. It provides both hospital managers and citizens with access to Key Performance Indicators’ (KPIs) results for more than 600 hospitals across Canada.

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Innovation in big data

Written by Mihai Toma on February 12, 2014. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

During the past years, a new information source has become increasingly important to achieve success for companies worldwide. This new information source is represented by large data sets, recently named big data. The increasing volume and the sheer detail of this information available with the rise of technology and social media makes analyzing big data a mandatory prerequisite for companies that want to establish themselves on the global market.

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Assessing Governmental Performance – Sierra Leone

Written by Adela Tudorache on February 10, 2014. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Organisational performance

The Government of Sierra Leone has felt the need for improvement and in order to do so, in 2008 it started implementing the Performance Contracts. In this context, all Governmental Institutions, Local Councils and Parastatals Tertiary Institutions have to monitor and evaluate their performance every year. To ensure the success of their own programs, they study Performance Management best practice examples from all around the world and adapt them to their own needs and situations.

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5 trends in the USA Federal Performance Management

Written by Adela Tudorache on February 3, 2014. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Organisational performance

Trust in provincial, local and state governments has gradually decreased during the last decades in the United States of America. To address this issue, The USA National Performance Management Advisory Commission introduced, in 2010, a Framework for State and Local Government. With the help of this framework, State Governments will focus more on achieving results and providing quality public services to regain the citizens’ trust.

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