How does a ‘requester’ know that a ‘submitter’ has provide a correct, complete, accurate and relevant ‘submission’? A framework to evaluate the planning, receipt, and evaluation of submissions.
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Category Archives: RBM
A SMART Thirty-Something
Most people have heard of the mnemonic SMART. What you may not know is that this heuristic will turn 40 next year. Written by George T. Doran, it was first published in 1981 [1].
Not everything that counts can be counted. (Attributed to Albert Einstein but likely coined by William Bruce Cameron, American professor of Sociology, circa 1957).
RBM – A 4-Letter Word: 1 of 4?
This is a blog continues the series, ‘The RBM Plan!‘ looking at the challenges and criticisms for RBM. This topic allows an organization to design a RBM program tailored to their circumstances while hopefully escaping the mistakes and errors of other organizations.
Continue readingAn UN-Interlude on RBM
In the ‘The RBM Plan!‘, I detailed a number of blogs in a series, this is the third. It is a brief visit to see how the United Nations are doing with their RBM implementation after nearly 20 years of effort and what other organizations can learn from this experience.
A Brief History of RBM
The blog introduces Results-Based Management (RBM), emphasizing its significance in public sector reform as outlined in “Reinventing Government”. It discusses the historical context of RBM, its endorsement by key organizations, and the challenges of implementing standardized practices. The focus is on ensuring effectiveness and accountability in public expenditures for optimal results.
Continue readingThe RBM Plan!
Results Based Management (RBM) is a fixture in international organizations and used to varying degrees by governments world wide. For Canadian business professionals or accountants, RBM is an unfamiliar term although they may be better acquainted with RBM’esque concepts such as portfolio investment management or continuous improvement.
Continue readingUsing the Now-Event Map
In my last blog, I introduced the ‘NOW-Event-Map‘. This model combines both a forward looking strategic planning model with a retrospective performance reporting model. At the center of the map is the enduring concept of ‘NOW’. At the end of the prior blog I promised some thoughts on how the map might be used – besides as an academic thought exercise.
A Logical Framework
I am brushing up on a few concepts and processes that I have used in the past and may very well need to use in the future. One concept concerned a business philosophy of Results Based Management (RBM) and a tool RBM uses for project design, the Logical Framework (LogFrame).
Organizational Biology 