Springer The Essence and Measurement of Organizational Efficiency (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

Product Description This book offers a collection of studies on various organizations’ efficiency, criteria for evaluating efficiency, together with tools and methods for measuring efficiency. The articles included present an interdisciplinary look at efficiency, its essence and the principles of its measurement. They represent an attempt to seek the conceptual boundaries of efficiency, i.e. to clarify this abstract and multidimensional concept including its relation to innovation, competitiveness and intellectual capital. The contributions also identify a broad spectrum of conditions for achieving efficiency in various types of organizations and systems (e.g. health care, hybrid organizations, non-profit organizations), representing various industries (e.g. insurance, banking, tourism, agriculture). From the Back Cover This book offers a collection of studies on various organizations’ efficiency, criteria for evaluating efficiency, together with tools and methods for measuring efficiency. The articles included present an interdisciplinary look at efficiency, its essence and the principles of its measurement. They represent an attempt to seek the conceptual boundaries of efficiency, i.e. to clarify this abstract and multidimensional concept including its relation to innovation, competitiveness and intellectual capital. The contributions also identify a broad spectrum of conditions for achieving efficiency in various types of organizations and systems (e.g. health care, hybrid organizations, non-profit organizations), representing various industries (e.g. insurance, banking, tourism, agriculture). About the Author Tadeusz Dudycz is a professor at the Wrocław University of Technology where he is Head of the Department of Financial Management and Vice-Dean for Finance and Organization at the Faculty of Computer Science and Management. Grażyna Osbert Pociecha is a professor of Economics. She works in the Department of Business Economics at the Wrocław University of Economics. Bogumiła Brycz is an assistant professor in the Department of Financial Management at the Wrocław University of Technology