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Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking: 13th TPC Technology Conference, TPCTC 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 20, 2021, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13169)
by Meikel Poess Raghunath NambiarThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th TPC Technology Conference on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking, TPCTC 2021, held in August 2021. The 9 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The TPC encourages researchers and industry experts to present and debate novel ideas and methodologies in performance evaluation, measurement, and characterization.
Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking: Traditional to Big Data to Internet of Things
by Meikel Poess Raghunath NambiarThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereedpost-conference proceedings of the 7th TPC Technology Conference on PerformanceEvaluation and Benchmarking, TPSTC 2015, held in conjunction with the 40thInternational Conference on Very Large Databases (VLDB 2015) in Kohala Coast,Hawaii, USA, in August/September 2015. The 8 papers presented together with 1 keynote,and 1 vision paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. Many buyers use TPC benchmark results as points of comparison when purchasingnew computing systems. The information technology landscape is evolving at arapid pace, challenging industry experts and researchers to develop innovativetechniques for evaluation, measurement and characterization of complex systems. The TPC remains committed to developing new benchmark standards to keep pace,and one vehicle for achieving this objective is the sponsorship of theTechnology Conference on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking (TPCTC).
Performance Evaluation of Financial Holding Companies
by Xiao NingThis book attempts to illustrate the case of performance evaluation of Chinese financial holding companies. The question motivating the book is: with the deepening of reforms such as interest rate liberalization, the profitability of some traditional commercial banks has declined. In this context, how to maintain continuous improvement in operating performance of traditional commercial banks to resist the profitability declines. This book selects 13 Chinese financial holding companies as the research objects. With the authentic and reliable data, the author uses factor analysis method to conduct an empirical study on their performance evaluation and case analysis on three typical companies. Based on the research on the performance evaluation of financial holding companies, the evaluation methods are discussed and suggestions for improvement are provided.
Performance Evaluation of Industrial Systems: Discrete Event Simulation in Using Excel/VBA, Second Edition
by David Elizandro Hamdy TahaBasic approaches to discrete simulation have been process simulation languages (e.g., GPSS) and event-scheduling type (e.g., SIMSCRIPT). The trade-offs are that event-scheduling languages offer more modeling flexibility and process-oriented languages are more intuitive to the user. With these considerations in mind, authors David Elizandro and Hamd
Performance Excellence in Marketing, Sales and Pricing: Leveraging Change, Lean and Innovation Management (Management for Professionals)
by Marc HelmoldThe increasing interconnection and the unlimited exchange of data and information has led to a maximized transparency of globally offered and sold products and services. The desires, needs and wants of the consumer are the critical issues today in creating new or offering existing products and services. This book outlines successful marketing and sales strategies with a clear focus on practical relevance. It provides a systematic overview and description of selling, pricing and negotiation concepts which enable the reader to apply the best-case scenario in their company. Tools such as the marketing mix or marketing strategies are well explained for practical application in industry. The book also integrates elements of change, lean and innovation management as drivers for performance excellence. Featuring industry case studies, this book is a practical guide for marketing professionals, academics and policy makers to enable enterprises to achieve long-term competitive advantages through best-in-class marketing, sales and pricing activities.
Performance Funding for Higher Education
by Vikash Reddy Kevin J. Dougherty Rebecca S. Natow Sosanya M. Jones Hana Lahr Lara PheattA rigorous analysis of the impact—and implications—of performance funding for higher education.Seeking greater accountability in higher education, many states have adopted performance funding, tying state financial support of colleges and universities directly to institutional performance based on specific outcomes such as student retention, progression, and graduation. Now in place in over thirty states, performance funding for higher education has been endorsed by the US Department of Education and major funders like the Gates and Lumina foundations. Focusing on three states that are regarded as leaders in the movement—Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee—Performance Funding for Higher Education presents the findings of a three-year research study on its implementation and impacts. Written by leading authorities and drawing on extensive interviews with government officials and college and university staff members, this book describes the policy instruments states use to implement performance funding; explores the organizational processes colleges rely on to determine how to respond to performance funding; analyzes the influence of performance funding on institutional policies and programs; reviews the impacts of performance funding on student outcomes; examines the obstacles institutions encounter in responding to performance funding demands; investigates the unintended impacts of performance funding. The authors conclude that, while performance funding clearly grabs the attention of colleges and leads them to change their policies and practices, it also encounters major obstacles and has unintended impacts. Colleges subject to performance funding are hindered in posting good results by inappropriate performance measures, insufficient organizational infrastructure, and the commitment to enroll many students who are poorly prepared or not interested in degrees. These obstacles help explain why multivariate statistical studies have failed to date to find a significant impact of performance funding on student outcomes, and why colleges are tempted to resort to weakening academic quality and restricting the admission of less-prepared and less-advantaged students in order to improve their apparent performance. These findings have wide-ranging implications for policy and research. Ultimately, the authors recommend that states create new ways of helping colleges with many at-risk students, define performance indicators and measures better tailored to institutional missions, and improve the capacity of colleges to engage in organizational learning.
Performance Hubs: Engaging Teams in Focused Continuous Improvement
by Marc RobertsA must-read for all managers, leaders, and change agents, Performance Hubs: Engaging Teams in Focused Continuous Improvement supplies a proven system for engagement that allows teams to use their own data, understand the need for performance improvement, and drive improvements at their own level
Performance Improvement in Hospitals and Health Systems: Managing Analytics and Quality in Healthcare, 2nd Edition (HIMSS Book Series)
by James R. Langabeer IIHealthcare Organizations offer significant opportunities for change and improvement in their overall performance. Hospitals and clinics are generally large, complex, and inefficient, and need serious development in process workflow and management systems, which will ultimately lead to better patient and financial outcomes. The National Academy of Medicine has stated that hospital systems are broken, and that they must begin by "… improving hospital efficiency and patient flow, and using operational management methods and information technologies." In fact, costs and quality are two of the important aspects of the "triple aim" in healthcare. One area that offers significant potential for improvement is through the application of performance improvement methods to patient and process flows. Performance improvement has a significant impact on a hospital’s over financial and strategic performance. Performance improvement involves the deployment of quantitative and scientific methods to model and influence the functioning of organizations. Performance improvement professionals are tasked with managing a variety of activities, such as deploying new information technologies, serving as project managers for construction events, re-engineering departmental process workflow, eliminating bottlenecks, and improving the flow and movement of patients between resource-intensive clinical areas. All of these are high risk, and require use of advanced, sophisticated methods to improve efficiency and quality, while minimizing disruptions from change. This updated edition is a comprehensive and concise guide to performance improvement in healthcare. It describes the management engineering principles focused on designing optimal management and information systems and processes. Case studies and examples are integrated throughout all chapters.
Performance Improvement: Making it Happen, Second Edition
by Darryl D. Enos Dana Vincent J.M. Suzanna E. M.D.Combining state-of-the-art knowledge and techniques in organizational development with practical experiences using a step-by-step approach, Performance Improvement: Making it Happen provides important principles and techniques of organizational development to improve performance. Based on experiences of over 300 organizations, this second edition features real-world examples from a variety of industries that illustrate the different types of problems presented throughout the text as well as the various methods of improvement. In addition, this text also demonstrates numerous ways of measuring organizational improvement after implementing these concepts and methods.
Performance Indicator
by Kenneth CortsPerformance Indicator is a start-up that holds patents on the use of color-change technology to indicate when golf balls have been damaged by exposure to water. Because golfers put two to five used golf balls into play for every one new ball they buy, the used golf ball market cuts severely into the sales of manufacturers. Performance Indicator's technology would dramatically curtail the availability of used balls, doubling or tripling the size of the market for new golf balls. At the time of the case, the founders have been pursuing this idea full time for five years, but have yet to convince any manufacturers to license their technology.
Performance Management
by Charles M. CaldwellOrganizational success depends on the continuous improvement of staff performance at al levels. People constitute the real competitive advantage in business and industries of all types. Enhancing the performance of your people and ultimately your organization depends on the continuous improvement of staff at all levels. An effective Performance Management system is essential to help employees perform at their best and align their contributions with the goals, values, and initiatives of the organization. Performance Management presents managers and supervisors with a clear model they can follow to plan, monitor, analyze, and maintain a satisfying process of performance improvement for their staff. Designed for readers to apply what they are learning to their current job responsibilities, this book offers exercises and assessments to determine your readiness to implement performance management. It also illustrates strategies for developing the crucial communication skills of coaching, problem solving, and giving feedback while teaching methods for linking organization and personal goals. By demystifying the role of performance management techniques, Performance Management provides the knowledge and tools to design and implement a workable system that benefits the organization and inspires employees to manage their own performance.
Performance Management
by Harvard Business School PressToday's competitive workplace demands that managers evaluate employee performance, and provide coaching. Performance Management will help managers prepare for a formal performance meeting with a direct report, and create a development plan to increase employee productivity.The Harvard Business Essentials series is designed to provide comprehensive advice, personal coaching, background information, and guidance on the most relevant topics in business. Whether you are a new manager seeking to expand your skills or a seasoned professional looking to broaden your knowledge base, these solution-oriented books put reliable answers at your fingertips.
Performance Management
by Herman AguinisFormerly published by Chicago Business Press, now published by Sage Performance Management, Fifth Edition covers the design and implementation of effective and successful performance management systems – the key tools that can be used to transform employee talent and motivation into a strategic business advantage. Author Herman Aguinis focuses on research-based findings and up-to-date applications that consider the changing nature of work and organizations. Hear the author share teaching strategies using content from the Fifth Edition.
Performance Management
by Herman AguinisFormerly published by Chicago Business Press, now published by Sage Performance Management, Fifth Edition covers the design and implementation of effective and successful performance management systems – the key tools that can be used to transform employee talent and motivation into a strategic business advantage. Author Herman Aguinis focuses on research-based findings and up-to-date applications that consider the changing nature of work and organizations. Hear the author share teaching strategies using content from the Fifth Edition.
Performance Management
by Linda AshdownTailored to the needs of HR practitioners it offers a complete overview of the field strongly aligned to organizational and HR strategies and objectives. Using a combination of practical tools, assessments, scenarios and case studies from best practice it will build your knowledge of the area including motivation, key competencies, types of assessment and performance review and dealing with underperformance. Aligning performance management with strategic objectives it will equip you with the skills you need to plan, implement and assess relations in any type of organization.
Performance Management For Dummies
by Herman AguinisImplement best-in-class performance management systems Performance Management For Dummies is the definitive guide to infuse performance management with your organization's strategic goals and priorities. It provides the nuts and bolts of how to define and measure performance in terms of what employees do (i.e., behaviors) and the outcome of what they do (i.e., results) — both for individual employees as well as teams. Inside, you’ll find a new multi-step, cyclical process to help you keep track of your employees' work, identify where they need to improve and how, and ensure they're growing with the organization—and helping the organization succeed. Plus, it’ll show managers to C-Suites how to use performance management not just as an evaluation tool but, just as importantly, to help employees grow and improve on an ongoing basis so they are capable and motivated to support the organization’s strategic objectives. Understand if your performance management system is working Make fixes where needed Get performance evaluation forms, interview protocols, and scripts for feedback meetings Grasp why people make some businesses more successful than others Make performance management a useful rather than painful management tool Get ready to define performance, measure it, help employees improve it, and align employee performance with the strategic goals and priorities of your organization.
Performance Management Success
by Anthony L. Barth Wiaan De BeerThis book provides managers, leaders and practitioners with a dynamic framework that links several variables associated with performance management which can be applied across organizations and industries worldwide. Based on empirical evidence and experiences, this book provides a critical understanding of the interrelationship of organizational culture with performance management process (PMP) planning and implementation. The elements of the framework are approached from a macro-level-view and are balanced with conciseness and realism based on applied success studies, making this book a valuable educational, training and development resource tool for leaders and managers at all levels. The topic of performance in organizations is like the weather--everyone likes to talk about it, but few understand what is truly happening--or understand why? Individuals and organizations are no different when it comes to performance, regardless of performance level of focus: individual, team, unit, or organization-wide. Teams and organizations often miss opportunities to not only improve performance, but also leverage and sustain high performance. Organizational performance, organizational culture and organizational success are interrelated and should reinforce one another. This can be achieved through an effective performance management process (PMP) that lives, functions and thrives at multiple levels within institutions. This book will help organizations and institutions achieve performance management success by identifying comment elements, along with some patterned variation, that are applicable to a successful PMP. Featuring hands-on resource reference tools for immediate use and application, this book is useful for leaders, managers, scholars, students and policy makers in management, leadership, and organizational culture.
Performance Management Systems: A Global Perspective (Global HRM)
by Arup Varma Pawan S. Budhwar Angelo DeNisiPerformance management is the process by which organizations set goals, determine standards, assign and evaluate work, and distribute rewards. But when you operate across different countries and continents, performance management strategies cannot be one dimensional. HR managers need systems that can be applied to a range of cultural values. This important and timely text offers a truly global perspective on performance management practices. Split into two parts, it illustrates the key themes of rater motivation, rater-ratee relationships and merit pay, and outlines a model for a global appraisal process. This model is then screened through a range of countries, including Germany, Japan, USA, Turkey, China, India and Mexico. Using case studies and discussion questions, and written by local experts, this text outlines the tools needed to understand and ‘measure’ performance in a range of socio-economic and cultural contexts. It is essential reading for students and practitioners alike working in human resources, international business and international management.
Performance Management Systems: A Global Perspective (Global HRM)
by Arup Varma Pawan S. Budhwar Angelo S. DeNisiPerformance management is the process by which organizations set goals, determine standards, assign and evaluate work, and distribute rewards. But when you operate across different countries and continents, performance management strategies cannot be one dimensional. HR managers and line managers need systems that can be applied to a range of cultural values. This important and timely text offers a truly global perspective on performance management practices. Split into two parts, it illustrates the key themes of rater motivation, rater-ratee relationships and merit pay, and outlines a model for a global appraisal process. This model is then screened through a range of countries, including Germany, Japan, the US, Turkey, China, India and Mexico. Using case studies and discussion questions, and written by local experts, this text outlines the tools needed to understand and ‘measure’ performance in a range of socio-economic and cultural contexts. It is essential reading for students and practitioners alike working in human resources, international business and international management.
Performance Management Systems: An Experiential Approach (Global Hrm Ser.)
by Pawan Budhwar Arup VarmaAn experiential and skills-building approach, exploring the realities and complexities of performance management and encouraging a reflective, adaptable outlook and equipping readers to conduct performance management in the future. The book presents the theoretical underpinnings and the practical applications of key topics in detail, with practical concepts or skills highlighted in terms of how they fit into the Performance Management system. Learning features include: “Developing PMS Skills” boxes, highlighting a particular skill “PMS in Practice” boxes, showcasing real-life examples from around the world “Experiential Exercises”, to encourage active learning A comprehensive suite of free online resources, including PowerPoint Slides, full journal articles, and self-review questions an be found at https://study.sagepub.com/varma Suitable for Performance Management modules on Human Resource Management, General Management and Organisational Behaviour courses.
Performance Management Systems: An Experiential Approach (Global Hrm Ser.)
by Pawan Budhwar Arup VarmaAn experiential and skills-building approach, exploring the realities and complexities of performance management and encouraging a reflective, adaptable outlook and equipping readers to conduct performance management in the future. The book presents the theoretical underpinnings and the practical applications of key topics in detail, with practical concepts or skills highlighted in terms of how they fit into the Performance Management system. Learning features include: “Developing PMS Skills” boxes, highlighting a particular skill “PMS in Practice” boxes, showcasing real-life examples from around the world “Experiential Exercises”, to encourage active learning A comprehensive suite of free online resources, including PowerPoint Slides, full journal articles, and self-review questions an be found at https://study.sagepub.com/varma Suitable for Performance Management modules on Human Resource Management, General Management and Organisational Behaviour courses.
Performance Management Systems: Design, Diagnosis and Use
by Chiara DemartiniThis book presents an analysis and a critical discussion on performance management systems. It seeks to advance the current state of knowledge in the subject by introducing a holistic performance management system - the loosely coupled performance management system. This new system presents a framework to leverage the systemic relationships among already established performance management mechanisms. The author contends that loosely coupled performance management systems fulfill two different objectives, namely - they assure control and foster innovation. Such a comprehensive approach to management control provides managers of economic organizations with an overarching architecture for the design, diagnosis and effective use of performance management systems.
Performance Management and Budgeting: How Governments Can Learn from Experience (Transformational Trends In Governance And Democracy Ser.)
by David M. Walker Robert J. Shea Terry F. Buss F Stevens RedburnThis book provides a fresh look at the process by which governments hold themselves accountable to their citizens for performance. Unlike the plethora of other books in the field, it examines all aspects of the Performance Management and Budgeting issue, not only from the federal, state, and local perspectives, but also internationally in both developing and developed countries.Covering both conceptual and theoretical frameworks in performance management and budget, the book analyzes the effectiveness of different approaches. Featuring insights from a group of distinguished contributors, it ties current performance management approaches into the century-old literature on public sector reform and management, and presents arguments for and against performance management as well as recommendations on how to improve the enterprise.
Performance Management at Intermountain Healthcare
by Richard Bohmer Alexander C. RomneyIntermountain Healthcare is a 21-hospital integrated delivery system serving Utah and southern Idaho that is nationally recognized for its highly structured approach to managing the quality of clinical care. This case describes Intermountain's system for improving clinical performance that makes use of the organization's extensive set of standardized clinical protocols and associated clinical process and outcome measures. The measures underpin a sophisticated set of financial incentives that are applied to both administrative and clinical staff. The case allows students to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of financial incentives in clinical medicine.
Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc.
by Michael Beer John B. BinghamVitality Health Enterprises, a medium-sized firm that manufactures health and personal care products, has experienced six straight quarters of strong revenue growth. James Hoffman, the new Senior Vice President of Human Resources, fears that the chain of success is shifting the company's focus away from effective performance management. Recently, Vitality has been faced with increasing turnover among the company's talented research scientists that may be due to a performance management system that leaves top performing employees slighted by the practice of uniform ratings. In an effort to retain top employees, the company institutes a forced distribution model of performance rankings, moving from an absolute ranking system to a relative one. Hoffman and his performance management evaluation team must assess the practical and strategic effectiveness of the new system and present their findings and recommendations to the Board.