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Performance Measurement for Managing Infrastructure Assets… Performance measures are central to managing infrastructure … that are important for decision making. For example, one performance measure for decisions on upgrading an electrical … paper first presents an overall framework for developing performance measures for infrastructure decision-making. The …
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Performance Management for the Greyston Foundation… The Capstone team was charged with analyzing the performance measurement practices at Greyston in an effort to … To do this, the Capstone team examined Greyston's current performance management practices and developed a measurement … Performance Management for the Greyston Foundation …
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Managed Care Plan Performance Model… managed care plans based on a variety of selected performance measures. The model is intended to benchmark plan performance, identify preferred plans, aid in decision making … surveys to obtain physician and staff judgments on plan performance. … Managed Care Plan Performance Model …
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DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM… a sustainable measurement system of student-oriented key performance indicators, including racial sensitivity, … and staff. With this research, the team helped develop performance goals and pilot a pre- and post-survey system, … DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM …
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Developing a Performance Measurement and Management System… their stories. GBH requested a Capstone team to develop a performance measurement and management system in order to … GBH’s impact. Using this information, the team developed performance measures and indicators, data collection tools, … Developing a Performance Measurement and Management System …
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Performance Measurement and Management in New York City… Effective performance management requires that appropriate goals be set by an organization and that the organization’s performance relative to those goals be assessed by objective … Report (MMR) as the vehicle to inform the public about the performance of City agencies. The MMR includes numeric and …
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Performance Measurement and Management in New York City… Effective performance management requires that appropriate goals be set by an organization and that the organization’s performance relative to those goals be assessed by objective … Report (MMR) as the vehicle to inform the public about the performance of City agencies. The MMR includes numeric and …
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Medicare’s Flagship Test Of Pay-For-Performance Did Not Spur More Rapid Quality Improvement Among Low-Performing Hospitals… Medicare’s flagship hospital pay-for-performance program, the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive … incentives for hospitals that had already achieved quality performance ratings just above the median for the entire … others. Our findings raise questions about whether pay-for-performance strategies that reward improvement can generate …
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Development of a Performance Measurement and Management System… The Capstone team worked with WHGF to develop a performance measurement and management (PMM) system to equip … Development of a Performance Measurement and Management System …
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Defining and Demonstrating Purpose: Performance Measurement and Management… holistic support. The Capstone team was asked to design a performance measurement and management system to allow SY to … a logic model to serve as the foundation for GELI’s performance measurement system. Next, the team developed … team presented SY with recommendations to strengthen their performance management system. …
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Hempstead Performing Arts Center Feasibility StudyThe Village of Hempstead, located in the Town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, has experienced economic decline and blight in previous decades and is currently embarking on a plan of downtown revitalization and redevelopment. As part of its plans …
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Using Adjusted Performance Measures for Evaluating Resource Use… are looking for ways to improve the evaluation of performance and resource allocation. One of the approaches is to use adjusted performance measures, which attempt to Capture factors that affect the organizational performance but are outside of the organization's control. …
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Measuring Performance and Improving Workshop Evaluations… team to assess and enhance the Learning Center’s current performance measurement and workshop evaluation system. The … Measuring Performance and Improving Workshop Evaluations …
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Achieving the Mission: Best Practices in Performance Measurement… USA requested a Capstone team to assist in developing performance measurement indicators, both programmatic and … Mercy Corps, to investigate how each manages monitoring performance against strategy and achieving their mission. … agency and country offices, how approaches and strategic performance metrics at agency and country levels compare, and …
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Measuring School Performance and Efficiency: Implications for Practice and Research… School performance and efficiency measurement have taken center … importance of understanding the ways in which school performance can be measured, only limited research exists on … of eight chapters address the measurement of school performance, an issue that lies in between the study of …
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Children's Performance in the Selection Task: Plausibility and Familiarity.… activation of pragmatic schemas on children's reasoning performance. Definition of pragmatic schemas; Developmental … Children's Performance in the Selection Task: Plausibility and …
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MUP Public Information… effective, thoughtful, and employable planning students. A performance indicator for that objective is client … students learn critical planning concepts and skills. The performance indicator for that objective is that students …
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School Budgeting and School Performance: The Impact of New York City’s Performance Driven Budgeting Initiative… Performance Driven Budgeting (PDB) is a school-based … School Budgeting and School Performance: The Impact of New York City’s Performance Driven Budgeting Initiative …
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Development of a Performance Management System for the United Nations Secretariat… team develop recommendations for a fully integrated performance management tool within the UN Secretariat. The … need to foster the strategic use of goal formation and performance indicators in short and long-term planning, while … Geneva. Using best practices and techniques of alternative performance management systems, like Balanced Scorecard, the …
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Is there a Nativity Gap? New Evidence on the Academic Performance of Immigrant Students… students. Unfortunately, little is known about their performance relative to native-born students and the extent … school students are immigrants. We explore disparities in performance between foreign-born and native-born students on … scores), "value-added" scores (adjusted for prior performance), and an education production function. While …
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STARS Realigned: Reengineering Probation’s Performance Management System… DOP asked the Capstone team to re-imagine its current performance management system, STARS. The Capstone team … to the collection and presentation of data and ongoing performance measurement at DOP. … STARS Realigned: Reengineering Probation’s Performance Management System …
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Designing a Performance Measurement System for the City of Newburgh… City, requested assistance in measuring its government performance. The Capstone team partnered with the City; … Designing a Performance Measurement System for the City of Newburgh …
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The Acute Effect of Local Homicides on Children's Cognitive Performance… effect of exposure to a local homicide on the cognitive performance of children across a community. Data are from a … that occurs less than a week before the assessment reduces performance on vocabulary and reading assessments by between … The Acute Effect of Local Homicides on Children's Cognitive Performance …
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Financial management indicators to improve Performance Assessment… in tracking, measuring, and interpreting financial performance across departments. … Financial management indicators to improve Performance Assessment …