Performance measurement, reporting, obstacles and accountability : recent trends and future directions /

"This monograph identifies the ways that 'politics' enters into the creation of performance measurement systems, the selection of the official and unofficial aims of such systems, the selection of performance criteria and measures, the interpretation of findings, the responses to such...

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Main Author: Thomas, Paul, 1943-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press, 2006.
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