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Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations


Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

An Integrated Approach
2. Aufl.

von: Theodore H. Poister, Maria P. Aristigueta, Jeremy L. Hall

56,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 28.08.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9781118958551
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 480

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<b>New edition of a classic guide to ensuring effective organizational performance</b> <p>Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of <i>Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations</i> is a comprehensive resource for designing and implementing effective performance management and measurement systems in public and nonprofit organizations. The ideas, tools, and processes in this vital resource are designed to help organizations develop measurement systems to support such effective management approaches as strategic management, results-based budgeting, performance management, process improvement, performance contracting, and much more.</p> <p>The book will help readers identify outcomes and other performance criteria to be measured, tie measures to goals and objectives, define and evaluate the worth of desired performance measures, and analyze, process, report, and utilize data effectively.</p> <ul> <li>Includes significant updates that offer a more integrated approach to performance management and measurement</li> <li>Offers a detailed framework and instructions for developing and implementing performance management systems</li> <li>Shows how to apply the most effective performance management principles</li> <li>Reveals how to overcome the barriers to effective performance management</li> </ul> <p><i>Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations</i> identifies common methodological and managerial problems that often confront managers in developing performance measurement systems, and presents a number of targeted strategies for the successful implementation of such systems in public and nonprofit organizations. This must-have resource will help leaders reach their organizational goals and objectives.</p>
<p>Preface</p> <p>Acknowledgments</p> <p>Part 1: Introduction to Performance Management</p> <p>1. Introduction to Performance Management and Measurement     </p> <p>2. Developing Useful Performance Management Systems  </p> <p>Part 2: The Performance Management Process</p> <p>3. Developing a Performance Framework     </p> <p>4. Targeting Results: Clarifying Goals and Objectives</p> <p>5. Defining Performance Indicators   </p> <p>6. Reporting Performance Data                      </p> <p>7. Analyzing Performance Information         </p> <p>Part 3: Strategic Applications of Performance Management Principles</p> <p>1. Using Performance Measures to Support Strategic Planning and Management  </p> <p>2. Performance-Informed Budgeting </p> <p>3. Managing Employees, Programs and Organizational Units</p> <p>4. Performance Management in Grant and Contract Programs         </p> <p>5. Improving Quality and Process</p> <p>6. Soliciting Stakeholder Feedback</p> <p>7. Using Comparative Measures to Benchmark Performance           </p> <p>Part 4: Design and Implementation of Performance Management Processes</p> <p>1. Designing and Implementing Effective Management Systems </p> <p>The Authors</p> <p>Index</p>
<p><b>THEODORE H. POISTER</b> is professor of public administration in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.</p> <p><b>MARIA P. ARISTIGUETA</b> is the Charles P. Messick Professor and director of the School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware. <p><b>JEREMY L. HALL</b> is associate professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark.
<p><b>A Revised and Updated Edition of the Classic Guide to Ensuring Effective Organizational Performance</b></p> <p>The second edition of <i>Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations</i> has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the evolution and expansion of the field since publication of the first edition. This important resource offers a comprehensive guide for designing and implementing effective performance management and measurement systems in public and nonprofit organizations. The ideas, tools, and processes presented throughout the text are crafted to help organizations develop measurement systems that will support effective management approaches. <p>The authors put the focus on the methodology of performance measurement in terms of developing performance frameworks, tying measures to goals and objectives, redefining performance measures as operational performance indicators, reporting performance data, and analyzing performances. They also discuss the development and application of performance management principles in a variety of decision-making venues such as strategic planning and management, performance-informed budgeting, the management of programs and organizations, quality and process improvement, and comparative performance measurement and benchmarking. In addition, new information spotlights performance-based contracts and grants management and the stakeholder engagement processes. The revised text also contains significant updates that offer a more integrated approach to performance management and measurement. <p>This accessible resource identifies common problems that often confront managers in developing performance measurement systems and presents targeted strategies for the implementation of effective systems that will help leaders reach their organizational goals.

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