An empirical investigation of the metrics alignment process

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 312-324

  Melnyk, Steven A ^a   Calantone, Roger J ^a   Luft, Joan ^a   Stewart, Douglas M ^b   Zsidisin, George A ^a   Hanson, John ^a   Burns, Laird ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance management; Performance measures; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444461199     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400510604494     Document Type: Article

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