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1. Employer-provided health insurance and JOB change

Author

Adams, Scott J.

Subjects
Workers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Employee benefits -- Influence, Performance standards -- Management, Business enterprises -- Human resource management -- Investments, Health insurance -- Finance -- Influence, Business, Economics, Company business management, Company financing, Company investment, Employee benefits, Company personnel management, Influence, Management, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Finance, Investments, Human resource management
Abstract

The author uses data from the 1988-2000 Annual Demographic Files of the Current Population Survey to revisit the question of whether job lock exists. Limiting the sample to males with employer-provided health insurance, it is tested whether the lack of a potential source of alternative coverage through the individual's spouse affects his or her job mobility. The author controls for both characteristics of the respondent and spouse, as well as the attributes of their jobs. Although evidence produced by other researchers using similar methodology has been mixed, this article presents significant evidence that employer-provided health insurance lowers mobility. (JEL J320, J620), I. INTRODUCTION The fact that employers are the primary providers of health insurance in the United States raises at least two concerns. First, people who lose their jobs may also [...] more...

Published
2004

2. Performance-based management at the U.S. Transportation Security Administration: the agency shares its experience with comprehensive performance measurement as a method of putting innovation into practice, highlighting the requirements, challenges, and successes of creating results-based government

Author

Tannozzini, Lana and Collins, Yani

Subjects
United States. Transportation Security Administration -- Management, Performance standards -- Management, Government, Company business management, Management
Abstract

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) serves as a model of innovation in its performance measurement and management activities. While it is a new agency that continues to evolve, it has [...] more...

Published
2004

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3. No joke - performance measures can deliver

Author

Drtina, Ralph

Subjects
Business plans, Performance appraisals -- Management, Performance standards -- Management, Business planning, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, general, Business, Company business management, Management
Abstract

You just need to get teams involved and on the right track. Jerry Seinfeld had some insight on performance measures: 'People love to recommend their doctor to you. I don't [...]

Published
1999

4. Towards consistent performance management systems

Author

Flapper, Simme Douwe P., Fortuin, Leonard, and Stoop, Paul P.M.

Subjects
Productivity accounting -- Evaluation, Performance standards -- Management, Business, Business, international, Company business management, Management, Evaluation
Abstract

Introduction The success and continuity of an organization depend on its performance, which may be defined as 'the way the organization carries its objectives into effect'. This requires that 'all [...] more...

Published
1996

5. It's time once again to take a look at the OIG work plan: tips for developing a best practice you can use from year to year

Author

Brown, Julene

Subjects
Management, Inspection, Company business management, Job performance standards -- Management, Inspectors general -- Management, Medical societies -- Inspection, Performance standards -- Management
Abstract

Here we are again! Where are you with the 2007 Office of Inspector General (OIG) work plan? Have you done any risk assessment using the 2007 OIG work plan? It [...]

Published
2007

6. Performance management: making it happen

Author

Booth, Rupert

Subjects
Goal setting, Strategic planning (Business), Managerial accounting -- Practice, Performance standards -- Management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international, Company business management, Practice, Management
Abstract

What do most accountants want? Usually to travel the royal road from merely supervising transaction processing, past providing pro-active support to management, to the final destination of being treated as [...] more...

Published
1997

7. RIMS seeks broader use of quality measures; Society sees tools driving improvement

Author

Martin, Sara

Subjects
Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. -- Management -- Standards, Business consultants -- Standards, Trade and professional associations, Services industry -- Standards, Performance standards -- Management, Business, Insurance, Company business management, Management, Standards
Abstract

Nearly four months after the Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. unveiled a broad set of guidelines for performance expectations, some risk managers are beginning to incorporate them into their [...] more...

Published
2002

8. Assessing competence in nursing: as new nursing competencies are being developed, Trevor Murrells and colleagues ask what is being assessed and what form assessment should take

Author

Murrells, Trevor, Robinson, Sarah, and Griffiths, Peter

Subjects
Practice, Management, Company business management, Job performance standards -- Management, Nurses -- Practice, Performance standards -- Management
Abstract

Summary New pre- and post-registration nursing competencies are being developed, yet there is much debate about how to define and assess competence. This article outlines some of the features of [...] more...

Published
2009

9. Whole body experiences

Author

Stringer, Roland

Subjects
Corporations -- Management, Performance appraisals, Performance standards -- Management, Work measurement -- Management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, international, Company business management, Management
Abstract

A holistic approach to performance management could mean the difference between organisational success and failure. Roland Stringer discusses how firms can benefit from aligning their performance measurement systems One of [...] more...

Published
2000

10. Using Job Performance as a Component of Civil Service Examinations

Author

Southworth, Dixon

Subjects
Management, Identification and classification, Human resource management, Company business management, Company personnel management, Job performance standards -- Management, Job titles -- Identification and classification, Civil service -- Human resource management, Job evaluation -- Management, Civil service positions -- Identification and classification, Employee performance appraisals -- Management, Performance standards -- Management, Performance appraisals -- Management
Abstract

There has been a long-standing complaint about civil service test results. Too often, highly regarded candidates do not score well enough to be reached for appointment, and poorly regarded candidates [...] more...

Published
2000

11. For Good Measure

Author

Cameron, Preston

Subjects
Information technology -- Evaluation, Project management -- By-products, Management, Business planning -- Management, Performance standards -- Management, Banking, finance and accounting industries, Business, Business, general
Abstract

Eight steps to establishing your IT performance measures As more and more organizations are devoting significant resources (both financial and human) to their e-business and information technology (IT) initiatives, one [...] more...

Published
2000

12. Making GPRA Useful in the Department of Education

Author

GINSBURG, ALAN, PANE, NATALIA, ZWILLINGER, STEVEN, and PEAK, LOIS

Subjects
United States. Department of Education -- Management, Administrative agencies -- Management, Performance standards -- Management, Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, Government, Company business management, Management
Abstract

The Department of Education (ED) has made strides under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)--its plan is highly rated--yet perhaps the most important impact of GPRA has been to [...]

Published
2000

13. SECRETS OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS

Author

Hofrichter, David A.

Subjects
Performance standards -- Management, Performance appraisals -- Management, Corporate culture -- Evaluation, Labor relations, Business, general, Business, Company business management, Management, Evaluation
Abstract

The best employee performance measurement system ever designed won't work in your company unless it aligns with your culture and strategy. 'YOU GET WHAT YOU MEASURE.' MEASURE THE RIGHT things, [...] more...

Published
1999

14. Collaborative labor relations: the first line is the bottom line

Author

Pennington, Randy

Subjects
Employee motivation -- Management, Labor relations -- Innovations, Performance standards -- Management, Business, Human resources and labor relations, Company business management, Management, Innovations
Abstract

Collaborative Labor Relations: The First Line Is the Bottom Line Several years ago, a friend of mine was flying cross-country in the company of a Japanese businessman. Browsing through the [...]

Published
1989