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Benchmarking for performance improvement--: a case study in railway business.

by Leung Ka Lai, Keane. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-111). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.viii / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Corporate Profile --- p.1 / Company Background --- p.1 / System Information --- p.2 / Operating Information --- p.3 / Benchmarking - A Historical Overview --- p.4 / First Generation - Reverse Engineering --- p.6 / Second Generation - Competitive Benchmarking --- p.6 / Third Generation ´ؤ Process Benchmarking --- p.7 / Fourth Generation - Generic Benchmarking --- p.8 / Fifth Generation - Global Benchmarking --- p.9 / Development of Benchmarking in MTRC --- p.10 / Local Benchmarking --- p.11 / International Benchmarking --- p.11 / Purposes of the Research --- p.12 / Chapter II. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.13 / Literature Review --- p.13 / Information Gathering --- p.13 / Review and Analysis --- p.14 / Discussions and Conclusions --- p.14 / Chapter III. --- LITERATIVE REVIEW --- p.15 / Definition of Benchmarking --- p.15 / Why Benchmarking ? --- p.16 / Types of Benchmarking --- p.20 / Benchmarking and other modern management concepts --- p.22 / Benchmarking and Total Quality Management --- p.22 / Benchmarking and Learning Organisations --- p.24 / "Benchmarking, Total Quality Management and Learning Organisations" --- p.28 / Benchmarking and Business Process Re-engineering --- p.29 / Benchmarking and Strategic Planning --- p.31 / The Benchmarking Code of Conduct --- p.40 / The Benchmarking Process --- p.44 / Benchmarking in the Public Sector --- p.47 / Worldwide Trend of Benchmarking --- p.51 / Development in North America --- p.51 / Development in Europe --- p.53 / Development in the Pacific Rim --- p.54 / The Future --- p.56 / Summary --- p.57 / Chapter IV. --- THE INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING EXPERIENCE IN MTRC --- p.61 / The Threats faced by MTRC --- p.61 / Objectives --- p.62 / The Process --- p.63 / Design Key Performance Indicators --- p.65 / Prepare Data Collection Instrument --- p.67 / Analyse the Collected Data --- p.70 / Conclusions and Recommendations --- p.71 / Confidential and Security Issues --- p.74 / Summary --- p.75 / Chapter V. --- A PROCESS BENCHMARKING CASE STUDY AMONG TWO METROS --- p.77 / Background --- p.77 / Objectives --- p.77 / The Process --- p.78 / Identify and map key processes --- p.79 / Prioritize and select key processes --- p.80 / Analyse selected process areas --- p.81 / Identify key measures --- p.83 / Collect and compare data --- p.84 / Ideas for improvement --- p.85 / Plan implementation --- p.87 / Summary --- p.88 / Chapter VI. --- GENERAL DISCUSSIONS --- p.90 / Identifying strength and weaknesses --- p.90 / Learning from best practices --- p.91 / Better performance measurement --- p.92 / Valuable relationship for continuous improvement --- p.97 / Implementation issues --- p.97 / Chapter VII. --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.102 / APPENDIX --- p.108 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.109

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322133
Date January 1998
ContributorsLeung, Ka Lai Keane., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Business Administration.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, viii, 111 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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