Definition: Performance measurement
OECD terminology
Assessment against a set of predetermined criteria of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which an organisation carries out a particular activity or range of activities. Organisations may be set regular targets on particular aspects of their performance - financial returns, efficiency, quality of services supplied, etc. - against which their performance is monitored and evaluated.
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), "Effects of European Union Accession, Part 1: Budgeting and Financial Control", OECD SIGMA Paper No. 19, Paris, March 1998
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