Demystifying productivity and performance

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-46

  Tangen, Stefan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Performance appraisal; Performance management; Process efficiency; Productivity rate; Profit; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844462402     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400510571437     Document Type: Article

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