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Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics

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book cover Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics
By: Gary Cokins
ISBN: 978-0-470-44998-1
Pages: 240

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Performance management, the process of assessing progress toward achieving predetermined goals, assists companies in achieving their strategic goals. This book, written by Gary Cokins, a pioneer in the field, provides an overview of the current trends in performance management. Unlike other books on this topic, Performance Management is not a dry recipe or "how-to" guide; it provides a detailed discussion of the relevant aspects of performance management-its integration of multiple management methodologies and behavioral change management to overcome managers' and employees' natural resistance to change.
About the Author

author photo Gary Cokins is global product marketing manager for performance management at SAS. An internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author on advanced cost management and performance improvement systems, he works closely with SAS customers, partners, industry analysts, and internal stakeholders to ensure that SAS continues to deliver high-value solutions to the market that meet the needs of customers worldwide.

Cokins began his career as a financial controller and operations manager for FMC Corporation; he has also been a management consultant with Deloitte and Touche, KPMG Peat Marwick, and Electronic Data Systems. He has served on activity-based information committees with several organizations, including CAM-I, Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), American Society for Quality (ASQ), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and Purchasing Management Association of Canada. He has writes articles regularly for bettermanagment.com and DM Review. He is the author of five books, including Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces (to Close the Intelligence Gap), also part of the Wiley and SAS Business Series.

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