The measurement of performance has long been of central interest to both managers and
management accounting researchers. As noted by Otley (1999), performance management
is a preoccupation of management control systems researchers. In this study, we are concerned
with coherence considered at two levels: (i) between the hierarchical organization
and performance evaluation, and (ii) throughout the decision-making process between a
hierarchical organization’s various levels of decision-making. We do this by developing
a system of performance measures from a prescriptive approach and a methodological
basis rooted in operational research. Such a system of performance measurement ensures
consistency between the different levels of a hierarchical structure. More specifically, we
propose a means of measuring performance that captures both the overall performance
and the contributions of the separate levels within an organization’s hierarchy. The proposed
measurement is based on an extension of standard frontier efficiency models to the
situation where the “business units” being evaluated consist of two different levels within
a hierarchical organization. Generally, the lower-level unit is responsible for “operations,”
which can be assessed by using a measure of technical efficiency; higher-level units are
assumed to make “strategic” decisions, which can be assessed by using a measure of allocative
efficiency. We motivate and illustrate our method using data on 1585 branches of a
major French bank.
The measurement of performance has long been of central interest to both managers andmanagement accounting researchers. As noted by Otley (1999), performance managementis a preoccupation of management control systems researchers. In this study, we are concernedwith coherence considered at two levels: (i) between the hierarchical organizationand performance evaluation, and (ii) throughout the decision-making process between ahierarchical organization’s various levels of decision-making. We do this by developinga system of performance measures from a prescriptive approach and a methodologicalbasis rooted in operational research. Such a system of performance measurement ensuresconsistency between the different levels of a hierarchical structure. More specifically, wepropose a means of measuring performance that captures both the overall performanceand the contributions of the separate levels within an organization’s hierarchy. The proposedmeasurement is based on an extension of standard frontier efficiency models to thesituation where the “business units” being evaluated consist of two different levels withina hierarchical organization. Generally, the lower-level unit is responsible for “operations,”which can be assessed by using a measure of technical efficiency; higher-level units areassumed to make “strategic” decisions, which can be assessed by using a measure of allocativeอย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ เราจูงใจ และแสดงให้เห็นถึงวิธีการใช้ข้อมูลใน 1585 สาขาของเราใหญ่ธนาคารฝรั่งเศส
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