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Showing 1 to 20 of 89 for “"performance information"”.
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Extracting expressive performance information from recorded music
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1995.
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Why public managers use performance information : concepts, theory, and empirical analysis
Diese Dissertation untersucht die Verwendung von Performance-Informationen („Kennzahlen“) durch Führungskräfte in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Unter „Verwendung“ wird dabei die zweckorientierte Nutzung der Daten verstanden, um zu steuern, zu lernen und öffentliche Leistungen zu verbessern. Die …
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Performance information utilisation in The City of Cape Town Metro Municipality
This study looked into performance information (PI) utilisation behaviour of senior officials in the City of Cape Town Metro Municipality (CoCT). Inspired by comments around performance information having minimal effects despite its prodigious production, the study sought to determine how …
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The influence of discrepant perceptions of performance and amount of performance information on future performance judgments
… study was to investigate the effect of amount of performance information (API) and discrepant self-appraisal information on the modification of supervisor's original performance ratings. Confidence in original ratings was expected to mediate the relationship between API and modification of ratings …
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A Componential Approach to the Investigation of Individual Differences in Time-Sharing (dual-Task Performance, Information Processing)
… an individual differences variable in dual-task performance was examined using a componential model. Five proposed components were assessed: (1) serial processing ability, (2) an internal model of the system dynamics, (3) maintenance of different operations in working memory, (4) adaptation to …
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The BigDawg monitoring framework
… federated database system which maintains performance information on benchmark queries. As environmental conditions change, the monitoring framework updates existing performance information to match current conditions. Using this information, the monitoring system can determine the optimal …
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Making data matter : the role of information design and process in applying automated data to improve transit service
… to change how they operate by generating better information for decision-making. Deriving value from this data and applying it to improve service requires changing the institutional processes that developed when agencies had little reliable information about their systems and customers. With …
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Performance management in Kenya's public service
… by the desire to contribute to literature on performance management from the context of a developing country. The guiding research questions were: How do managers use performance information in decision making? Why do managers use performance information the way they do? The study was based on …
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Impact of Employee Performance and Job Status on Perceptions of Sexual Harassment
… researcher examined the impact of employee performance and employment status on perceptions of sexual harassment. Results indicated that female participants were more likely than male participants to label behaviors as sexual harassment. There were no differences between perceptions of …
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Performance Measurement in the Social Housing Sector in England: the Case of Housing Associations
Performance measurement was introduced and, many would argue, imposed on the social housing sector but now there is a growing interest in its intrinsic benefits to public organisations themselves, not only for internal regulation but also as a means of demonstrating social accountability. This …
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Techniques in scalable and effective parallel performance analysis
Performance analysis tools are essential to the maintenance of efficient parallel execution of scientific applications. As scientific applications are executed on larger and larger parallel supercomputers, it is clear that performance tools must employ more advanced techniques to keep up with the …
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Institutionalizing Performance Management: Lessons for Government Leaders from the Government Performance and Results Act Modernization Act of 2010
… history has been the spread of goal setting and performance measurement (Rainey 2014, 149), both core elements of a reform movement to make government agencies more transparent, accountable, and results-oriented (Light 1997). In the U.S. Government, the reform was legislated by the Government …
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Informational Environmental Regulation in Practice
… and the pursuit of a life of better quality. An informational approach to environmental regulation, a policy innovation implemented after direct regulation and economic incentive mechanism, has exhibited its positive results on pollution reduction. Since 1995, this approach has been exported from …
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The residential energy map : catalyzing energy efficiency through remote energy assessments and improved data access
… provide new avenues for introducing energy performance information in ways that could encourage increased energy efficiency implementation. Renters and homebuyers are increasingly using online interactive maps to inform their housing choices. If energy data is mapped or incorporated into an …
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The performance of equity funds in Thailand, 1992-2000
… aim of this study is to examine Thai equity fund performance during the period 1992-2000. The achievement of the primary aim will involve investigation of fund performance in sub-periods of expansionary and contractionary market environments, the relationship between investment performance and …
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Effects of appraisal purpose and rating format on performance appraisal accuracy
… of encoding specificity states that effective information retrieval relies upon consistency of encoding and retrieval cues. The present study generalized this principle to a complex social interaction in order to investigate the relation between certain combinations of pre- and …
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Accountability of public organisations : An evaluation of the impact of Information, organisational structures and markets.
… of markets, an increase in the production of performance information and changes to organisational structures. This research evaluates the impact of these reforms on accountability. In order to do this a model of effective accountability is developed from the existing literature. The criteria …
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MITIGATING SEX BIAS IN COMPENSATION DECISIONS: THE ROLE OF COMPARATIVE DATA
… in pay stems from the evaluation of employee performance. Performance appraisal systems can be biased in very small ways that yield larger negative effects on later employment-related decisions, such as compensation. The goal of this study was to examine decision-making processes and …
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Pressure-Based Interaction Techniques for Supporting Feedback Strategies in Sports
… input to facilitate the provision of in-situ performance information in extreme Human Computer Interaction scenarios. In such scenarios there is a risk that providing more information to the user would increase workload, be distracting and ultimately dangerous. However, it is in these extreme …
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