Assessing organizational performance
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The adoption of a hospital performance metric by the health department in Alberta, Canada, to decide budget allocations to hospitals has proved detrimental and indicates the danger involved in performance appraisals. Calgary General Hospital, which cares for many terminally ill patients, received a poor rating, resulting in a lower budget for that hospital and forcing it to reexamine its palliative treatment program and its acceptance of referrals from other hospitals. This case study suggests that performance appraisal can upset a working system and needlessly lower morale.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 1995
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Can benchmarking for best practices work for government?
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Benchmarking is an approach to performance improvement that involves identifying the best-managed organization within the same category and adapting its best practices. It has been used successfully in the private sector and is now increasingly implemented in the public sector. Benchmarking can be used for various purposes in government institutions, including formulating criteria for performance measurement, identifying problem areas, and improving service delivery.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 1997
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Make customer service analyses a little easier with the PGCV index
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Many government agencies are turning to customer service analyses in response to growing pressure from voters, corporate leaders and lawmakers for higher levels of customer focus. These analyses require a quantitative customer service measurement tool that is flexible and can easily be used by statistically untrained public administrators. One such tool, called the potential gain in customer index, is described.
Publication Name: Quality Progress
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0033-524X
Year: 1997
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