Beyond Performance Management: Why, When, and How to Use 40 Tools and Best Practices for Superior Business Performance

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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

What is this practice and how effective is it?

Business intelligence systems offer organizations an integrated enterprisewide information system that enables all managers to be on the same page at the same time. Their planning, forecasting, and scorecard capabilities enable an organization to make fast, well-informed decisions at every level. But managers often use them to tighten control rather than to empower people. We will show how organizations can derive more benefits from them.

Alternative names and related topics: corporate performance management (CPM); business performance management; enterprise performance management

A company’s survival often depends on a manager’s ability to use intelligent IT systems to sense ...