Professional Services Performance Management – performance criteria and measures
Professional Services have some particularities that make them different from commercial activities in many respects, such as:
Individual performance management and the use of metrics in the world of scientific research
In a recent blog post, ‘Metrics in science – Performance Measurement and the world of scientific research’, we have outlined the most important performance measures for the scientific field as presented by the researcher Richard van Noorden (2010) in the weekly international scientific journal ‘Nature’.
Evaluating universities based on the financial success of their graduates
In 2008, Forbes ranked the top billionaire universities based on a performance indicator measuring the number of billionaire graduates.
Employee engagement and organisational performance
Engagement is all about getting employees to ‘give it their all’. Various research studies show a strong connection between an employee’s level of engagement and the level and quality of work performance.
Metrics in science – Performance Measurement and the world of scientific research
In a recent article published in the weekly international scientific journal ‘Nature‘, under the section ‘Science metrics’ the use of performance measurement in science is thoroughly investigated. According with the article, suggestive entitled ‘A profusion of metrics‘, performance measurement in science has captured an increased role since it was first started to be used in this particular area of human activity and interest (Richard van Noorden, 2010).
