As they say, you manage what you measure. Accordingly, an entire industry has developed around performance measurement and performance management. Popular tools include the Balanced Scorecard, ...

Originally published Jan 31, 2021. Updated with new information. Over the past four decades, OpenGov has worked with dozens of municipal governments across the United States, often focusing on setting ...

AI may not create bias against mothers from scratch, but it can make existing bias stronger by rewarding the work easiest to ...

Tasked with measuring and reporting on performance, today’s State and local governments face multiple challenges in how they implement a performance measurement program. It often starts with a general ...

Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies. Amanda Jackson has expertise in personal finance, investing, and social ...

Carla Tardi is a technical editor and digital content producer with 25+ years of experience at top-tier investment banks and money-management firms. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant ...

Using information technology to measure business performance involves IT systems gathering data and analyzing it. Business performance management systems allow managers to examine details about ...

When a manager can accurately measure his organization's performance, he is able to identify deficiencies in the organization and correct them. When the deficiencies are dealt with efficiently, then ...

Measuring a supplier’s adherence to contractual service levels is at the core of supplier performance management. Yet, while every organization tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) on some level, ...

I was impressed with the analysis and recommendation offered in a recent book, “Trust the Plan: Demand Management For Business Leaders,” by Greg Spira. Greg brings a wealth of experience based on his ...

The title of Alnoor Ebrahim’s important Measuring Social Change understates the scope of his thesis. It is a work on managing social change—highly readable, engaging, and illustrated by rich in-depth ...

Network managers have long been challenged with optimizing their network to respond to changing demands from applications, systems and end users. But now more than ever the end-user, or client, ...