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Transforming Performance Measurement
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Transforming Performance Measurement

by Dean R. Spitzer
February 2007
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
9h 25m
English
AMACOM
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CHAPTER 5

Creating a Positive Context of Measurement

In this chapter, we will explore how the “context of measurement” (the social and organizational aspects) largely determines the effectiveness of performance measurement, and how the context of measurement is actually more important than the technical aspects of measurement.

Measures come and go, but the context is always there! Unless you do something about it, a negative context can undermine whatever attempts you make at improving the technical aspects of your measurement system; without a positive context, much of the potential power of performance measurement will not be realized.

The Context of Measurement

The context of measurement is foundational to the other three keys. As shown ...

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