For the report Performance Management in 2013, The KPI Institute conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with practitioners, academics and consultants from 18 countries, who offered rich insights into the state of Performance Management as a discipline.
One of the main editorial rules followed in the development of the content is that a discipline can only evolve through the combined efforts of practitioners, academics and consultants. Elena Hristozova, Management Consultant – Strategy and Leadership Development Freelancer in Bulgaria was one of the consultants that The KPI Institute has interviewed.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent federal agency that administers the federal laws governing the U.S. securities markets. In addition, it plays an important role in maintaining the integrity and vitality of America’s ownership society.
Companies strive to decrease costs by improving performance with their available resources. This leads to the need for measuring performance through strategic measurement systems, based on tools like balanced scorecards, key performance indicators or dashboards. But with measuring performance there comes a questions: what guidelines should be used when defining and using metrics in order to avoid mistakes that seriously impair the usefulness of these tools?
According to the Airline Quality Rating, the U.S airline industry succeeded in achieving its best performance of all times last year, in 2013, since the ranking system was launched in 1991.
The fact that China is rapidly emerging as one of the most powerful countries worldwide is no longer a secret. Besides its trading power, large population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), China is also an example of good practice when it comes to its governmental administration. From at least the mid-1980s, the Chinese government has implemented a Performance Management system that has grown in complexity and sophistication.