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    <title>Benchmarking for best practices in the public sector</title>
    <subTitle>Achieving performance breakthroughts in federal, state, and local agencies</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Keehley, Patricia</namePart>
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    <namePart>Medlin, Steven \ Macbride, Sue</namePart>
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    <publisher>Jossey - Bass Publisher</publisher>
    <dateIssued>1996</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <abstract>Preparing for benchmarking, 17. -- Understanding best practices, 19. -- Benchmarking to identify best practices, 37. -- Assessing organizational readiness for benchmarking, 55. -- Selecting practices to benchmark, 80. -- Conducting benchmarking to adapt and implement best practices, 93. -- The benchmarking process step by step, 95. -- Building benchmarking teams and political support, 111. -- Finding a best practice partner, 124. -- Maximizing the relationship with your partner, 151. -- Analyzing the research and selecting best practices to adapt, 166. -- Adapting and implementing best practices, 182. -- Sustaining lasting performance improvements, 200. -- Benchmarking in the knowledge era : On - line resources and other research tools, 210. -- Directory of benchmarking and best practices organizations, 215. -- Step - by - step checklists for managing a benchmarking project, 226. -- Key benchmarking tools, 241</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Patricia Keehley, Steven Medlin, Sue Macbride</note>
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