Machine generated contents note: List of figures; List of tables; Part I. Principles of Performance Measurement: 1. Measuring public sector performance; 2. Why measure, what to measure and what can go wrong; Part II. Different Uses for Performance Measurement: 3. Measurement for improvement and planning; 4. Measurement for monitoring and control; 5. Measurement for comparison; 6. Measurement for accountability; Part III. Practical Methods for Performance Measurement: 7. Measuring performance through time; 8. Scorecards and multidimensional indicators; 9. Composite indicators; 10. League tables and ranking; 11. Data envelopment analysis; Index.
Measuring the performance of public services : principles and practice by Michael Pidd. ISBN 9781107004658. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.