Performance measurement and management in practice: Advantages, disadvantages and reasons for use

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 446-473

  de Waal, André ^a   Kourtit, Karima ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Organizations; Performance management; Performance management systems; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878833106     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJPPM-10-2012-0118     Document Type: Article

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