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Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management

Author : David A. J. Axson

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 16,41 MB

Release : 2010-08-13

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0470644419

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A practical framework for effectively managing performance in today's complex, competitive and risky global markets The Third Edition provides a complete framework for building best practice management processes for today's complex and uncertain world. Fully updated to reflect the events of the global economic crisis, this book provides further practical examples of companies that are successfully using the practices identified. Updated for the implications of the global economic crisis on management practices Completely rewritten section on "What it Takes To Be An Effective Manager In An Uncertain World Added examples and mini case studies throughout the book from companies such as Qualcomm, IBM, Dominos, Target, Toshiba and Facebook Establishes new benchmarks for performance management process and practice Fully updated to include recent events, new learnings, technologies and emerging best practices This book includes serious rethinking of the way companies plan and manage performance-from the role of accounting to the skills needed to be an effective manager-including new technologies, techniques and real time management processes.



Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management

Author : David A. J. Axson

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 43,92 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN :

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Praise for Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management "Having worked closely with David Axson, I have seen his strategic brilliance firsthand. The integrated approach he takes in practice synthesizes external dynamics, business process, planning, systems, and management for effective execution. Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management, Second Edition brings his keen insight to life, presenting a comprehensive approach to managing business dynamics in comprehensible language. This should be required reading for anyone engaged in the management of a complex business." —Greg Horn CEO, Garden of Life; former CEO, General Nutrition Centers "Once again, David Axson has delivered a provocative read. Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management, Second Edition showcases the 'age of convergence' in business technology as companies begin to renew systems and transform business processes to align execution with strategy, improve decision making, and gain competitive advantage . . . Winning companies follow Axson's prescription of combining leadership, quality process design, and the functionality of proven performance management systems." —Rob Ashe CEO, Cognos "Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management, Second Edition is an insightful guide for any organization seeking to transform its management processes. David Axson provides practical and thought-provoking perspectives on the practices needed to effectively manage performance in today's competitive and volatile markets." —Michael Geltzeiler CFO, Reader's Digest Make better business decisions faster If you are looking to significantly upgrade your management practices to better meet the needs of today's increasingly volatile, complex, competitive, and global markets, look no further. Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management, Second Edition provides an accessible framework to help any business unite its reporting and budgeting functions to achieve its strategic objectives. Updated to reflect changes in the market, the implications of Sarbanes-Oxley, new technologies, emerging best practices, risk management, planning in a turbulent world, and global uncertainty, Best Practices in Planning and Performance Management, Second Edition is a must-read for anyone looking to leverage technology to better meet the needs of today's global environment.



Beyond Performance Management

Author : Jeremy Hope

Publisher : Harvard Business Press

Page : 406 pages

File Size : 48,24 MB

Release : 2012-01-24

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1422142264

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There’s a bewildering array of management tools out there. And they all promise to help you excel at the toughest parts of your job: defining your organization’s strategic direction, managing customers and costs, and boosting workforce performance. But just 30 percent of these tools deliver as intended. Why? As Jeremy Hope and Steve Player reveal in Beyond Performance Management, while many tools are sound in theory, they’re misused by most organizations. For example, executives buy and implement a tool without first asking, “What problem are we trying to solve?” And they use tools to command and control frontline teams, not empower them—a serious and costly mistake. In this eminently useful, clear-eyed book, the authors critically review dozens of well-known management tools—from mission statements, balanced scorecards, and rolling forecasts to key performance indicators, Six Sigma, and performance appraisals. They explain how to select the right tools for your organization, how to implement them correctly, and how to extract maximum value from each. Brimming with rigorous analysis and solid advice, Beyond Performance Management helps you swiftly gauge the value of each management tool, as well as navigate the increasingly crowded field of offerings—so the tools you select deliver fully on their promise.



Radical Candor

Author : Kim Malone Scott

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 375 pages

File Size : 39,68 MB

Release : 2017-03-28

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1760553026

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Radical Candor is the sweet spot between managers who are obnoxiously aggressive on the one side and ruinously empathetic on the other. It is about providing guidance, which involves a mix of praise as well as criticism, delivered to produce better results and help employees develop their skills and boundaries of success. Great bosses have a strong relationship with their employees, and Kim Scott Malone has identified three simple principles for building better relationships with your employees: make it personal, get stuff done, and understand why it matters. Radical Candor offers a guide to those bewildered or exhausted by management, written for bosses and those who manage bosses. Drawing on years of first-hand experience, and distilled clearly to give actionable lessons to the reader, Radical Candor shows how to be successful while retaining your integrity and humanity. Radical Candor is the perfect handbook for those who are looking to find meaning in their job and create an environment where people both love their work, their colleagues and are motivated to strive to ever greater success.



Performance Management in Retail and the Consumer Goods Industry

Author : Michael Buttkus

Publisher : Springer

Page : 439 pages

File Size : 39,42 MB

Release : 2019-06-21

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3030127303

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Book Description

This book offers essential insights into various management concepts for retail and consumer packaged goods companies. Addressing a range of topics in the field of performance management, it presents concepts for management control, management reporting, planning & forecasting, as well as digitization-related aspects. The contributing authors share valuable lessons learned from real-world consulting projects and present innovative approaches to successful and effective management control at retail and consumer packaged goods companies.



How Performance Management Is Killing Performance—and What to Do About It

Author : M. Tamra Chandler

Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 23,17 MB

Release : 2016-03-14

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 162656678X

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A step-by-step guide to creating a performance management solution tailored to your organization's needs and goals in order to meet the three objectives of great performance management: developing your people, rewarding them equitably, and driving your organization's performance.



APM Best Practices

Author : Michael J. Sydor

Publisher : Apress

Page : 487 pages

File Size : 46,19 MB

Release : 2011-08-22

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1430231424

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The objective of APM Best Practices: Realizing Application Performance Management is to establish reliable application performance management (APM) practices—to demonstrate value, to do it quickly, and to adapt to the client circumstances. It's important to balance long-term goals with short-term deliverables, but without compromising usefulness or correctness. The successful strategy is to establish a few reasonable goals, achieve them quickly, and then iterate over the same topics two more times, with each successive iteration expanding the skills and capabilities of the APM team. This strategy is referred to as “Good, Better, Best”. The application performance monitoring marketplace is very focused on ease of installation, rapid time to usefulness, and overall ease of use. But these worthy platitudes do not really address the application performance management processes that ensure that you will deploy effectively, synergize on quality assurance test plans, triage accurately, and encourage collaboration across the application life cycle that ultimately lowers overall application cost and ensures a quality user experience. These are also fine platitudes but these are the ones that are of interest to your application sponsors. These are the ones for which you need to show value. This CA Press book employs this iterative approach, adapted pragmatically for the realities of your organizational and operational constraints, to realize a future state that your sponsors will find useful, predictable and manageable—and something that they will want to fund. In the meantime, you will learn the useful techniques needed to set up and maintain a useful performance management system utilizing best practices regardless of the software provider(s).



Performance Management

Author : James W. Smither

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 527 pages

File Size : 16,47 MB

Release : 2009-07-28

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 0470493917

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There has been a shift in HR from performance appraisal to performance management. A new volume in the SIOP Professional Practice Series, this book contains a broad range of performance management topics, offers recommendations grounded in research, and many examples from a variety of organizations. In addition to offering state-of-the-art descriptions of performance management needs and solutions, this book provides empirical bases for recommendations, demonstrates how performance management tracks and helps promote organizational change, and exams critical issues. This book makes an ideal resource for I/O psychologists, HR professionals, and consultants. "In this comprehensive and timely volume, Smither and London assemble an exceptional collection of chapters on topics spanning the entire performance management process. Written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field, these chapters draw on years of research and offer a blueprint for implementing effective performance management systems in organizations. This volume is a 'must-read' for all those interested in performance management." —John W. Fleenor, Ph.D., research director, Center for Creative Leadership





Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management

Author : Jack Alexander

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 647 pages

File Size : 15,42 MB

Release : 2018-06-13

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1119491487

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Critical insights for savvy financial analysts Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management is the essential desk reference for CFOs, FP&A professionals, investment banking professionals, and equity research analysts. With thought-provoking discussion and refreshing perspective, this book provides insightful reference for critical areas that directly impact an organization’s effectiveness. From budgeting and forecasting, analysis, and performance management, to financial communication, metrics, and benchmarking, these insights delve into the cornerstones of business and value drivers. Dashboards, graphs, and other visual aids illustrate complex concepts and provide reference at a glance, while the author’s experience as a CFO, educator, and general manager leads to comprehensive and practical analytical techniques for real world application. Financial analysts are under constant pressure to perform at higher and higher levels within the realm of this consistently challenging function. Though areas ripe for improvement abound, true resources are scarce—until now. This book provides real-world guidance for analysts ready to: Assess performance of FP&A function and develop improvement program Improve planning and forecasting with new and provocative thinking Step up your game with leading edge analytical tools and practical solutions Plan, analyze and improve critical business and value drivers Build analytical capability and effective presentation of financial information Effectively evaluate capital investments in uncertain times The most effective analysts are those who are constantly striving for improvement, always seeking new solutions, and forever in pursuit of enlightening resources with real, useful information. Packed with examples, practical solutions, models, and novel approaches, Financial Planning & Analysis and Performance Management is an invaluable addition to the analyst’s professional library. Access to a website with many of the tools introduced are included with the purchase of the book.