Effect of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Signal on Operational Performance Measures at the Mid-block Location and Adjacent Signalized Intersection

2019 ◽  
pp. 99-111
Author(s):  
Nutan Teketi ◽  
Srinivas S. Pulugurtha
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measures ◽  
Signalized Intersection ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Beacon Signal

HCS: Designing a Balanced Scorecard in a Knowledge-Based Firm

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-601 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Moore ◽  
Beverly J. Rowe ◽  
Sally K. Widener
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Measurement System ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Consulting Services ◽  
Strategic Context

The purpose of this case is to enable you to design a performance measurement system using a balanced scorecard. This case is based on factual issues and decisions faced by the real-world managers and employees of Holloway Consulting Services (HCS) (names and dollar amounts have been changed). HCS is a service firm that provides its customers with managed business solutions, i.e., integrating outsourcing options with systems design and support. Currently, HCS collects several financial and operational performance measures; however, Sharon Holloway, owner of HCS, is concerned that these measures are not adequate for a firm that competes using intangible assets, especially human capital. Therefore, she plans to implement a balanced scorecard in which performance measures are linked to the firm's strategy. This case provides you with the opportunity to develop a balanced scorecard that incorporates both traditional and nontraditional performance measures within the strategic context of a knowledge-based firm.

scholarly journals Efficiency Assessment of a Signalized Roundabout and a Traffic Intersection in Baghdad City

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 7910-7916
Author(s):  
H. H. Mohammed ◽  
M. Q. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measures ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Signalized Intersection ◽  
Movement Data ◽  
Efficiency Assessment ◽  
Traffic Intersection ◽  
Traffic Volumes ◽  
Smart Traffic ◽  
Vehicle Movement ◽  
Better Than

In Baghdad city, Iraq, the traffic volumes have rapidly grown during the last 15 years. Road networks need to reevaluate and decide if they are operating properly or not regarding the increase in the number of vehicles. Al-Jadriyah intersection (a four-leg signalized intersection) and Kamal Junblat Square (a multi-lane roundabout), which are two important intersections in Baghdad city with high traffic volumes, were selected to be reevaluated by the SIDRA package in this research. Traffic volume and vehicle movement data were abstracted from videotapes by the Smart Traffic Analyzer (STA) Software. The performance measures include delay and LOS. The analysis results by SIDRA Intersection 8.0.1 show that the performance of the roundabout is better than the signalized intersection but experiences high delay, and low LOS. Therefore, alternatives are proposed to improve the performance for current and future traffic volumes with low-medium delays.

Does Operational Efficiency Depend on the Airport’s Size?

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tshianeo Tracey
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
South African ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Important Data ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Operational Information

This paper presents operational performance analysis using DEA which is short for data envelopment analysis. The study focuses on 9 South African commercial airports. These were divided into different hub groups according to their size. Few airports utilize any type of operational performance indicators for performance evaluation. Operational information such as aircrafts’ landing and take-off movements are some of the important data that can be used. Airport performance measures are necessary for stakeholders such as passengers and day-to-day business operations. The study was limited to only two inputs and two outputs. Outputs being passenger throughput and total air traffic movements. The inputs being hourly runway capacity and public parking bays. After DEA was used to evaluate the efficiency of the airports, statistical analysis was done to identify those airports that dominate others in terms of efficiency.

scholarly journals Assessment of critical success factors of business process re-engineering in the Nigerian oil and gas industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. O. Asikhia ◽  
D. O. Awolusi
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Critical Success Factors ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Oil And Gas Companies

Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) is defined as the critical analysis and radical redesign of existing business processes to achieve breakthrough improvements in performance measures like cost, quality, speed, profitability and services. The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical success factors of BPR implementation, to evaluate their effects on the primary measures as expressed by the operational performance and the secondary measures as expressed by the organizational performance, and to find out the effect of the operational performance on the organizational performance of Nigerian oil and gas companies. To achieve these objectives, an empirical study was conducted via the administration of 650 self-administered copies of questionnaire to a randomly selected senior and management staff of eight (8) re-engineered Oil and Gas Companies in Nigeria. Using the framework from Khong & Richardson (2003), factors manifesting operational performance and organizational performance were regressed on the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) manifesting successful BPR. Findings based on the survey revealed that successful BPR can positively affect both operational and organizational performance measures in the Nigerian oil and gas companies.

scholarly journals Assessing operational performance benefits of a Water Safety Plan implemented in Southwestern France

2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
pp. 270-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Setty ◽  
G O’Flaherty ◽  
J Enault ◽  
S Lapouge ◽  
JF Loret ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
World Health ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Drinking Water Contamination

Aims: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended Water Safety Plans (WSPs) since 2004 as a means to reduce drinking water contamination and risks to human health. These risk management programs have shown promise across several potential areas of evaluation, such as economic benefits and regulatory compliance. Since WSPs are largely carried out by people who interact with water treatment equipment and processes, operational performance indicators may be key to understanding the mechanisms behind desirable WSP impacts such as water quality and public health improvement. Method: This study reports performance measures collected at a WSP implementation location in southwestern France over several years. Results: Quantitative assessment of performance measures supported qualitative reports from utility managers. Results indicate significantly reduced duration of low-chlorine events at one production facility and a significant decrease in customer complaints related to water quality, manifesting reported improvements in operational performance and the customer service culture. Conclusion: The findings demonstrate some success stories and potential areas of future performance tracking. Cyclical iteration of the WSP can help to achieve continuous quality improvement. Successfully applied evaluation criteria such as the number of water quality complaints or alarm resolution time might be useful across other locations.

scholarly journals A meta-analytical study on the association of human resource management practices with financial, market and operational performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukhpreet Kaur ◽  
Gurvinder Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Hrm Practices

Purpose: This article draws on the meta-analysis technique to systematically analyse and compare the association of human resource management (HRM) practices with financial, market and operational performance.Design/methodology/approach: An exhaustive search of HRM-performance link resulted in a final sample (k) of 24 independent studies. For this purpose, Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (Version 3.0) software was used. Heterogeneity of the studies was determined using Q-statistic with a p-value, I2, T2 and Tau. As the degree of heterogeneity was very high, random effects model was selected to estimate the mean of effects. Lastly, publication bias was studied using graphical and statistical methods.Findings/results: The results revealed the average correlational (r) association of HRM practices with financial performance, market performance and operational performance as 0.305, 0.434 and 0.311, respectively. More specifically, HRM practices have the strongest association with market performance.Practical implications: The results statistically quantify the association between HRM practices and organisational performance measures for developing desired knowledge, skills and abilities to generate higher and improved performance. The results of this study provide HR managers with evidence that right investment in human resources does significantly contribute to the bottom line; they should make better and higher allocation of the resources for HRM.Originality/value: To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to meta-analytically examine the varying association of HRM with three distinct organisational performance measures.

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