Good enough performance measurement: A trade-off between activity and action

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 256-262

  Johnston, R ^a   Brignall, S ^b   Fitzgerald, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Good enough; Management accounting; Operations management; Performance improvement; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036504695     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601217     Document Type: Article

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