Performance Evaluation (eBook)

Foundations and Challenges

Harald Dyckhoff, Rainer Souren (Autoren)

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2020 | 1st ed. 2020
VIII, 106 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-38732-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines performance evaluation in the context of assessing the non-financial outcomes of human activities. The topic is particularly relevant when economic, environmental or social performance has to be evaluated, e.g. the efficiency of actions and the lifecycles of products. The authors combine multi-criteria decision-making and production theories to develop a theoretical and methodological foundation for performance evaluation. They also demonstrate the typical pitfalls that are hindering the implementation of contemporary methods in practice. Special emphasis is placed on efficiency measurement with data envelopment analysis (DEA), and on data aggregation in life cycle assessment (LCA). 

?Harald Dyckhoff led the chair of business theory, sustainable production and industrial control at the RWTH Aachen University, Germany, from 1988 to 2016. His current research areas are production and decision theory, sustainable value creation and performance measurement. He has published several books and papers on different topics of cutting and packing, production theory, data envelopment analysis and fuzzy set theory. 

Rainer Souren has lead the group of sustainable production and logistics management at Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany, since 2006. His current research areas are production theory, sustainable closed loop management as well as waste management and controlling. He has published books and papers on different topics of production theory, closed loop management, waste management and sharing economy.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Contents 8
1 Main Performance Categories: Effectiveness and Efficiency 10
1.1 Rationale of (Non-financial) Performance Evaluation 11
1.2 Particular Aspects of Performance Evaluation 13
1.2.1 Basics and Theoretical Foundations 13
1.2.2 Concepts and Methods 19
1.2.3 Practical Aspects 25
1.3 Scope, Focus, and Contents of the Book 25
References 26
2 Multi-criteria Production Theory: Foundation of Performance Evaluation 28
2.1 MCPT: A Particular Instance of General Production Theory 29
2.1.1 Conception and Fundamental Axioms 29
2.1.2 Illustrative Example of Sustainability PerformanceEvaluation 33
2.1.3 Value Dominance and Value Efficiency 35
2.2 Linear Value Functions and Their Special Cases 36
2.2.1 Traditional and Environmental Production Theories 36
2.2.2 Main Proposition for Linear Value Functions 38
2.3 Nonlinear Value Functions and Their Special Cases 39
2.3.1 Difficulties in Cases of Nonlinear Value Functions 40
2.3.2 Main Propositions for Convex Value Possibilities 43
2.3.3 Main Propositions for Consistent Monotonic Valuations 45
2.4 First Insights and Conclusions 47
2.4.1 Empirical Realism of Purely Technological Axioms 47
2.4.2 Rationality of Inefficient Activities 50
2.4.3 Further Insights, Application Areas and Limitations 51
References 53
3 Data Envelopment Methodology of Performance Evaluation 55
3.1 Data Envelopment and Multi-criteria PerformanceAnalysis 56
3.1.1 Generalisation of DEA by MCPT 57
3.1.2 What Kind of Data May Be Enveloped? 59
3.1.3 Justification of Traditional DEA 63
3.2 DEA for the Classical Case of Goods 67
3.2.1 Oriented Radial Performance Measurement 68
3.2.2 Unoriented Additive Performance Measurement 74
3.2.3 Essentiality of Disposability Assumptions 76
3.3 DEA for the Standard Case of Goods and Bads 79
3.4 DEA for General Linear Value Functions 82
3.5 Further Insights and Conclusions 86
References 89
4 Challenges of Performance Evaluation in Practice 91
4.1 Balance and Specialisation as Performance Categories 92
4.2 Selection and Qualitative Differentiation of Inputs and Outputs 95
4.3 Choice of Alternatives and Weighting Factors 101
4.4 Detection of Key Performance Indicators and TheirDependencies 107
4.5 Comprehensive Concepts of Performance Evaluation 110
References 112
Correction to: Performance Evaluation 115

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.1.2020
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Business
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Business
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 106 p. 1 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Schlagworte: Data envelopment analysis • Decision and production theory • Eco-Efficiency • Generalised cost-benefit analysis • Input and output selection • Life Cycle Assessment • Multi-criteria decision analysis • Value Function
• ISBN-10: 3-030-38732-1 / 3030387321
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-38732-7 / 9783030387327