The 2011 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on April 7, 2011. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

Gartner has released the 2011 Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management (CPM), a concept defined by Gartner (2011) as „processes used to manage corporate performance (such as strategy formulation, budgeting and forecasting), the methodologies that support these processes (including the balanced scorecard or value-based management), and the metrics used to measure performance against strategic and operational performance goals”.

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The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010-2011

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on March 10, 2011. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

Times Higher Education has published the 2010-2011 World University Rankings, the list of the world’s top performing universities. At its seventh edition, the World University Rankings offers a broad perspective on the world’s leading academic institutions, comprising the top 200 universities list, as well as rankings by region and by subject.

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The impact of knowledge on performance

Written by Denisa Călin on March 1, 2011. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

Knowledge has an important impact on performance level in various ways and in different situations, such as changing and adapting organizational processes when requirements shift (Kogut & Zander, 1992; Nonaka &Takeuchi, 1995; Teece et al., 1997).

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Learning and development – key enablers of organizational performance and success

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on February 24, 2011. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

The world is increasingly knowledge centric. Rapid technological developments coupled with the ever more challenging economic conditions characterized by fierce competition, increased financial uncertainty and changing customer needs and expectations force organizations to consider learning and development activities as critical for their organizational performance and success.

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Performance Prism at a glance

Written by Denisa Călin on February 21, 2011. Posted in Articles, Organisational performance

Performance management systems (PMS) represent information-based routines and procedures formally expressed that managers use to maintain or alter patterns in organizational activities (Simons, 2000). More and more organizations are implementing new and alternative performance management systems in order to obtain better results. These systems focus on reproducing financial and non-financial information that is relevant for decision making and managerial action. Some of the better known performance management systems are the Balanced Scorecard and the Performance Prism.

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