Download or read book Performance Measurement, Reporting, Obstacles and Accountability written by Paul G. Thomas and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies the ways that politics enters into the creation of performance measurement systems, the selection of the official and unofficial aims of such systems, the selection of performance criteria and measures, the interpretation of findings, the responses to such findings and the implications of performance reporting.