In 1997, Congress directed the National Research Council (NRC) to carry out a series of assessments of project management at the Department of Energy (DOE). This report presents information and guidance for use towards the development of a viable methodology to suit DOE's needs.
Performance Benchmarking: Measuring and Managing Performance
β Scribed by Peter Bogetoft (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 268
- Series
- Management for Professionals
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
"In this book, Peter Bogetoft - THE expert on the theory and practice of benchmarking - provides an inβdepth yet very accessible and readable explanation of the best way to do benchmarking, starting from the ground up."
Rick Antle
William S. Beinecke Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Management
CFO, Compensation Valuation, Inc.
"I highly recommend this well-written and comprehensive book on measuring and managing performance. Dr. Bogetoft summarizes the fundamental mathematical concepts in an elegant, intuitive, and understandable way."
Jon A. Chilingerian
Professor, Brandeis University and INSEAD
"Bogetoft gives in his book Performance Benchmarking an excellent introduction to the methodological basis of benchmarking."
Christian ParbΓΈl
Director, DONG Energy
"This book is the primer on benchmarking for performance management."
Albert Birck
Business Performance Manager, Maersk Oil
"This excellent book provides a non technical introduction for performance management."
Misja Mikkers,
Director, Dutch Health Care Authority
"With this very well written and comprehensive introduction to the many facets of benchmarking in hand, organizations have no excuse for not applying the best and cost effective benchmarking methods in their performance assessments."
Stig P. Christensen
Senior R&D Director, COWI
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction to Benchmarking....Pages 1-21
Performance Measures....Pages 23-47
Performance Models....Pages 49-69
Performance Analysis: DEA....Pages 71-102
Performance Analysis: SFA....Pages 103-126
Performance Planning....Pages 127-161
Performance Restructuring....Pages 163-193
Performance Contracting....Pages 195-223
Back Matter....Pages 225-255
β¦ Subjects
Management/Business for Professionals; Optimization; Econometrics
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