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Performance Measurement In Irish Credit Unions: An Evaluation Of Pearls, Ruth Vance
Performance Measurement In Irish Credit Unions: An Evaluation Of Pearls, Ruth Vance
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In recent years, the appropriateness of the measures used in performance measurement systems is one of the areas within Management Accounting that attracts significant interest. Even though a lot has been written on the advances in measurement systems in for-profit organisations there is a lack of literature on performance measurement systems in not-for-profit organisations. This dissertation describes and evaluates the performance measurement system used by credit unions in Ireland.
A literature review on performance measurement identifies the criteria that a performance measurement system needs in order to be effective: namely it should be linked to the organisation’s strategic objectives, reflect …