A potent system for measuring and managing performance: individual performance, team performance, and organisational performance.With case studies and examples from both the private and public sectors, this is a practical book that enables you to build a performance measurement/management system that you can implement without delay. Books are supplied as hardback or EBooks.

Formulated in the engine rooms of industry - on shop floors and in boardrooms - Performance Measures Applied is a performance strategy that comes from years of experience working with people who are the backbone of business - workers, team leaders, and managers.It is no academic treatise. It is a tried and tested pathway to measurable, definable, performance improvement.

If performance on the job is not measured, then performance improvement remains a myth. You may do your best to introduce a total quality approach, benchmark, empower the workforce, build teams, strike an enterprise agreement - but for what purpose and how sustainable if you cannot measure the output and the improvements, and control variance? Measuring performance is integral to achieving business goals. Without it, visions and goals remain just dreams. 

Performance Measures Applied is a jargon-free, practical guide, a tried and tested pathway to measurable, definable performance improvement. The "back to basics" formula presented in this manual, works in product, service or public sector environments alike, in small and large organisations, within divisions and across companies and locations.

Performance Measure Applied was written to help you:

• Measure performance so that you can improve
• Align daily activities with your organisation's/team's vision
• Focus your organisation on the output requirements of your customers 

It provides a step-by-step process to build an effective performance measurement/management system that works showing how to: 

•     Identify stakeholders and customers
•     Identify outputs
•     Develop performance measures
•     Set targets
•     Construct a balanced scorecard
•     Give performance feedback against targets

Contents

The book is in three parts,  

Part One being the introduction and how the performance management system works, 

Part Two, the seven modules of the plan itself and 

Part Three, implementation with experience-based guidelines and actual examples to aid implementation. 

There are ten easy to read modules, divided into the three parts: While each module can stand alone, together they form a comprehensive performance management system.Each module contains examples, summaries, checklists, glossaries and quality standards. In addition, two modules are dedicated to guidelines for implementing a performance measurement system, the most common pitfalls, and case studies. 

Below is a sample of some major content headings 

Part I: PREPARATION

Module 1: The Big Picture	Module 2: Why Develop Performance Measures
The basic components of team performance A unified sense of direction Strategy or long-term goals Outputs and performance measures Feedback Rewards systems Targets Skills/knowledge Structure and job design Systems and processes Communication	Strategic planning system Performance management system Team performance systems Total quality management Benchmarking Gainsharing and reward systems Empowerment Business process re-engineering Contracting out services Strategic alliances Learning organizations

Part II: THE PROCESS

Module 3: Total Stakeholder Satisfaction	Module 4: How to Develop Outputs
Total stakeholder satisfaction Why identity stakeholders? Stakeholder expectations	Why identify outputs? Organizations are systems How to develop outputs Types of outputs Quality standards for effective outputs Questions to get started in developing outputs
Module 5: How to Develop Performance Measures	Module 6: Target Setting
Why develop performance measure? How to develop performance measures Some bases for measurement Quality standards for effective performance measures Measuring intangible outputs Customer service and measurement	Why develop targets? How to develop targets Quality standards for effective targets
Module 7: The Balanced Scorecard	Module 8: Performance-Linked Communication
The balanced scorecard Building the balanced scorecard: 7 step process	Why performance feedback is important What should be communicated Quality standards for effective performance feedback Implementation: guidelines and pitfalls

PART III: IMPLEMENTATION

Module 9: Implementation Guidelines and Pitfalls	Module 10: Six Case Studies
Guidelines for successful implementation Pitfalls

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"The manual is so well written and the jargon is very similar to what is used in this company."
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"We now have documented action plans through which performance measures and targets are easily monitored, and variations identified and controlled and performance is being continuously improved. In short, we are focused on getting our business basics right."

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