Managing the tension between performance measurement and strategy: Coping strategies

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 941-967

  Johnston, Robert ^a   Pongatichat, Panupak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Office of the Civil Service Commission   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Operations management; Performance management; Performance measures; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949121795     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570810903104     Document Type: Article

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