Turning Point

A rallying cry that has taken our country by storm. And it seems that those most eager to be swept into the tempest are our government programs. Public programs of every stripe and size across the nation are shifting from seeing themselves as accountable for creating and carrying out activities to being accountable for achieving results – meeting goals, effecting change, and improving the quality of their services.

Often performance management is introduced into organizations with traditional bureaucratic cultures, which have features that are antithetical to the basic concepts of performance management. Organizations that simultaneously work to change their culture while introducing and using performance measures are those who get a full return on their investment.