The field of performance
measurement has evolved rapidly in the last few years with the development of new
measurement frameworks and methodologies, such as the balanced scorecard, the performance
prism, economic value added, economic profit, activity based costing and self-assessment
techniques. This multidisciplinary, international book draws together the key themes to
provide an up-to-date summary of the leading ideas in business performance measurement,
theory and practice. It includes viewpoints from a range of fields including accounting,
operations management, marketing, strategy and organisational behaviour. The book will
appeal to graduate students, managers and researchers interested in performance
measurement, whatever their discipline.
"... this book
assembles an impressive collection of contemporary thought on the theory, practice and
development of business performance measurement ... a stimulating foundation for
reflecting on issues and progress in performance measurement."
Accounting & Business Research
Andy Neely is Director of the Centre for
Business Performance at Cranfield School of Management and Professor of Operations
Strategy and Performance and has been researching and teaching in the field of business
performance measurement since the late 1980s. He was chair of the International Conference
on Performance Measurement in 1998,2000 and 2002 and has authored over 100 books and
articles on the subject, including Measuring Business Performance, Economist Books,
1998. He has been a consultant to and worked with numerous organizations including
Accenture, British Airways, DHL, Hewlett-Packard, KPMG, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and Rolls
Royce Aerospace.
Contents
Part I. Performance
Measurement - Functional Analyses
1. Measuring performance:
the accounting perspective David Otley
2. Measuring performance: the marketing perspective Bruce Clark
3. Measuring performance: the operations perspective Andy Neely and Rob Austin
4. Finding performance: the new discipline in management Marshall Meyer
Part II. Performance
Measurement - Theoretical Foundations
5. A conceptual and operational delineation of performance Michel Lebas and Ken Euske
6. Anomalies of measurement: when it works, but should not Rob Austin and Jody
Hoffer Gittel
7. Does pay for performance really motivate employees? Margit Osterloh and Bruno
Frey
8. Superior managers' tolerance to dysfunctional behaviour: a test Clive
Emmanuel
Part III. Performance
Measurement - Frameworks and Methodologies
9. Performance measurement frameworks: a review Mike Kennerley and Andy Neely
10. The critical few: first among equals as parameters for measuring strategic
effectiveness Elspeth Murray and Peter Richardson
11. Auditing measurement systems Umit Bititci, Allan Carrie and Trevor Turner
12. Why measurement initiatives succeed and fail Mike Bourne and Andy Neely
Part IV. Performance
Measurement - Practical Applications
13. What really goes on in the name of benchmarking D. T. Mayle, Matthew Hinton,
Graham Francis and Jackie Holloway
14. Measuring marketing performance: in practice Tim Ambler and Flora Kokkinaki
15. Loosely coupled performance measurement systems Thomas Ahrens and Chris
Chapman
16. Redefining government performance Ken Ogata and R. Gookey
Part V. Specific Measures
17. Customer satisfaction and business performance Kai Kristensen, Anne Martensen and
Lars Gronholdt
18. Linking financial performance to employee and customer satisfaction Andy
Neely and Mohammed Al Najjar
19. Measuring innovation performance Riitta Katila
Part VI. Performance
Measurement - Emerging Issues and Trends
20. Measuring knowledge work Rob Austin and Pat Larkey
21. Measuring ebusiness performance Andy Neely, Bernard Marr, Chris Adams and
Neha Kapashi
366 pages