Benchmarking: A strategic overview of a key management tool

Chris Leclair

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Benchmarking: A strategic overview of a key management tool

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Authors:

Chris Leclair

Year:

1999

Type:

Proceedings

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Eskew, Lane G.; DeYoe, David R.; Burns, Denver P.; Mercier, Jean-Claude, comps. Cooperative strategies for forest science management and leadership in an increasingly complex and globalized world: Proceedings of a workshop; 23- 26 August 1998; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Proceedings RMRS-P-6. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 1-3.

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Abstract

Benchmarking is a continuous, systematic process for evaluating the products, services, and work processes of organizations in an effort to identifY best practices for possible adoption in support of the objectives of enhanced activity service delivery and organizational effectiveness.

Parent Publication

Cooperative strategies for forest science management and leadership in an increasingly complex and globalized world: Proceedings of a workshop; 23- 26 August 1998; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Keywords

benchmarking, forest research, international forestry, leadership

Citation

Leclair, Chris. 1999. Benchmarking: A strategic overview of a key management tool. In: Eskew, Lane G.; DeYoe, David R.; Burns, Denver P.; Mercier, Jean-Claude, comps. Cooperative strategies for forest science management and leadership in an increasingly complex and globalized world: Proceedings of a workshop; 23- 26 August 1998; Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Proceedings RMRS-P-6. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 1-3.