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The links listed on this page are an indication only of the range of performance measure and KPI support out there! The listing of any organisation or website here is not necessarily an endorsement of that organisation or website, simply a communication of its existence. Click on the link to visit them and find out for yourself.

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associations and networks

Australasian Evaluation Society
has a very good journal, conferences, regular events and other information to support all aspects of evaluation, including performance measurement
Customer Satisfaction Measurement Association
is an association of companies that conducts benchmarking studies to identify practices that improve customer satisfaction and the overall operations of members
Foundation for Performance Measurement
has a members-only resource centre, with chapters based in the UK and the US.
Performance Measurement Association
is based at the Cranfield School of Management and offers a range of resources.
Performance Measurement for Government
offers quite a lot of information about Measuring for Results, a process that encourages government to measure inputs, outputs and outcomes, for more accountable government
performance-measurement.net
has loads of articles and links on the topic of performance measurement.

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software

Cognos
is one of the most well known business intelligence applications around. Cognos products Impromptu, Powerplay, Query and Visualizer all provide capability for analysing, reporting and "scorecarding" your performance data and information.
JIT-software.com
a general purpose business analysts toolkit designed to support the design effort required to successfuly implment bast practise techniques like the Balanced Scorecard, ISO 9000, the EFQM and Baldrige
MicroStrategy
is a business intelligence platform built for the internet. This web site can take you through a demonstration of how the product works.
Panorama Business Views
is a software product that facilitates more than just performance reporting - it provides a performance desktop that implements Balanced Scorecard, reports measures, helps you track progress - really it's about performance management, not just performance reporting.
Actuate Performancesoft Views
This is a software product that facilitates more than just performance reporting - it provides a performance desktop that implements Balanced Scorecard, reports measures, helps you track progress - really it's about performance management, not just performance reporting.
reFlector
is a new, very affordable tool currently being developed by an alliance of mine: Bob Esler (R E Esler & Associates).  reFlector is not a statistical analysis package nor is it a database or data mining application - it simply reports your performance measures in a way that satisfies all the principles associated with excellent reporting.
SmartViewer
Many people in business use the SPSS product for data analysis and ad hoc reporting, but with SmartViewer, reporting can become more organised and integrated throughout your organisation. Have a play at the SmartViewer test centre.
Strategic Vision
by SAS (who have been making data analysis and reporting software for years), is a product which provides a method for implementing the Balanced Scorecard.

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service providers

2GC
is a UK based consultancy firm specialising in strategic management and performance measurement issues with a focus on the Balanced Scorecard. Their site includes a huge resource centre and many case studies, papers and presentations relating to the Balanced Scorecard.
Benchmarking Partnerships
is an Australian based organisation that regularly feature community partnerships, benchmarking programs and workshops on performance measurement in general, and performance measurement in specific industry sectors.
Imre Hegedus - Business Performance Excellence
Imre is passionate about improving business performance. By enabling others to realise their potential through process and quality methods he has developed a reputation for delivering real value through process-based methods, models and designs. Assisting businesses in their early stages of 'process thinking' to establish their own capabilities is a specialty.
Web: http://www.imrehegedus.com
If you want to establish some measures of Customer Value, then visit the Value-Net, a customer value analysis web site sponsored by Bradley T. Gale, author of Managing Customer Value: Creating Quality and Service That Customers Can See.
Zigon Performance Group
is an impressive resource centre for employee performance measurement, including humour, measure databases, articles, consulting, books, and so on.
Mission Measurement
With an emphasis on measuring corporate social responsibility, Mission Measurement's blog has some great articles that are informative and well written.

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journals

  Evaluation Journal of Australasia (Australasian Evaluation Society Inc)
has some free articles available on-line, but you'll need to become a member of the AES to recieve the journal
  Harvard Business Review (Harvard Business School Publishing)
has many performance measurement related articles, particularly about the Balanced Scorecard
  International Journal of Business Performance Management (Inderscience)
aims to provide an interactive and global discussion for academics, professionals and practitioners working and interested in research and practice of performance measurement and management
  International Journal of Management and Decision Making (Inderscience)
seeks to develop our understanding of organisational decision making and the technology used to support the decision process
  International Journal of Operations Management (Emerald)
seeks to raise standards in every aspect of operations and production management
  Journal of Management Accounting Research
is mostly about management accounting, of course, with some articles stretching beyond into organisational performance measurement
  Performance Improvement Journal (International Society for Performance Improvement)
focuses on the improvement of human and organisational performance
  Performance Measurement & Metrics (Emerald)
refereed journal aims to cover both qualitative and quantitative performance measurement in the Library and Information Services field
  Strategic Management Journal (Wiley)
is devoted to the improvement and further development of the theory and practice of strategic management and it is designed to appeal to both practising managers and academics

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web-based resource centres

  Better Management
articles, webcasts, newsletters, products and conferences on all aspects of management, and performance management in particular (you'll need to register and sign in)
  Harvard Business On-Line
type "performance measurement" into the search box and go crazy - but beware that not everything is free

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for government

  Performance Measurement for Government
offers quite a lot of information about Measuring for Results, a process that encourages government to measure inputs, outputs and outcomes, for more accountable government
  Performance Measurement in Government (City of GP)
has been archived, but is still full of interesting information about performance measurement, including key principles, a bibliography, links to some interesting articles

 

 

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