Benchmarking performance: a manual on performance measurement in urban local bodies

  • Author(s): TERI
  • Size: 180 mm × 240 mm
  • Pages: 156
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 9788179930397
  • Cover Price:

    Rs.350.00 / US $25.00

  • Special Price: Rs. 315.00 / US $23.00

Book Details

The image and worth of an organization are mirrored in its performance, it is said. This judgement is more relevant, when it comes to organizations, whose mandate is to provide public services. Hence, in order to achieve higher levels of efficiency and greater effectiveness in operations, many organizations have systems in place to measure their own performance that help in strategic decision-making and long-range planning.

Performance measurement is almost an inevitable option for urban local bodies today, considering that they have to provide a wide array of public services and deal with large amount of resources, besides the ever-increasing pressure on them to improve quality and approach. This publication provides a well thought-out framework for performance measurement that encompasses the nuances of public provision services. It explains the concept, discusses viable indicators and benchmarks to operationalize performance measurement, and guides how to employ a management information system to monitor performance measurement.

The manual has considered three major aspects of civic services - water supply, sewerage services, and solid waste management ? while presenting a road map for developing and implementing a performance measurement system.

Table of Contents

     Preface

     Acknowledgements

     Part I Performance measurement framework and indicators
     Introduction
     A framework for performance measurement
     Performance indicators for urban services

     Part II Management information systeme
     Management information system for performance measurement

     Part III Performance measurement system
     Developing and implementing a performance measurement system

     Summary

     Appendix 1a Performance indicators for water supply

     Appendix 1b Performance indicators for sewerage

     Appendix 1c Performance indicators for solid waste management

     Appendix 2a Management information system for water supply and sewerage services (sample proforma)

     Appendix 2b Management information system for solid waste management (sample proforma)

     Index

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