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Falling from a Great Height: Principles of Good Practice in Performance Measurement and the Perils of Top Down Determination of Performance Indicators

Annabel JacksonCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 21-38 | Published online: 24 Jan 2007

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Tamara Dimitrijevska-Markoski. (2023) The impact of rational and political factors on performance measurement and its utilisation: analysis of municipal governments from Mississippi. Local Government Studies 49:2, pages 334-354.
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