Ah, Thomas, as the immortal Jeeves was wont to remark to Bertie Wooster in
the P.G. Wodehouse books, "rem acu testigistu"! (or something like that)

You have touched the nub.

Performance measurement, for almost all institutions who have tried it, is
essentially a sophisticated form of covering one's posterior. Unfortunate,
because this has made most of us ignore a potentially essential management
tool.

Or have I become a tad cynical?

Harry

> ----------
> From:         Thomas D. Meier[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> Sent:         Thursday, September 09, 1999 4:43 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Performance Measurer
>
> Thanks everyone on the list who answered my call about performance
> measures.
> I am working on it at the moment and I might get back on the list as soon
> as I'll have something to offer.
>
> I knew that there was a lot of material about it. I am still not sure if
> some of it is actually useful to the management of museums. If performance
> measures are simply used to justify our still being around, the use of
> them  is somewhat limited I think.
>
> Thomas
>
> Thomas Dominik Meier
> Director
> Museum of Communication
> Helvetiastrasse 16
> CH-3000 Bern 6
> [log in to unmask]
>
> ========================================================Important
> Subscriber Information:
>
> The Museum-L FAQ file is located at
> http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain
> detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line
> e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message
> should read "help" (without the quotes).
>
> If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to
> [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff
> Museum-L" (without the quotes).
>

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to
[log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff
Museum-L" (without the quotes).