Measuring up 2.0
Subtitle: governing's new, improved guide to performance measurement for geniuses (and other public managers)
By: Jonathan Walters.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Governing Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9780872895751
Subjects: Government productivity -- United States -- Measurement; Administrative agencies -- United States -- Evaluation; State governments -- United States -- Evaluation; Local government -- United States -- Evaluation
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: "Stat"-happy; title: Crime and punishment; title: "gotchastat!"; title: A lean, mean, streamlined discussion of the essentials of performance measurement; title: Measuring the unmeasurable; title: Performance reporting: the great accounting nerd food fight; title: The pesky world of comparison; title: or why Connecticut and Tennessee are actually very much alike; title: Performance-based contracting; title: or is it a good idea to turn your welfare system over to a defense contractor?; title: Elected officials (city councils and state legislatures, especially): the weak link in American government? Or will they ever measure up?; title: Index.