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© 2002 The Performance Institute
The Performance Mindset
“Managing for Results”
•“What gets measured, gets done.”   
• --Peter Drucker
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Peter Drucker’s quote sets a different tone, and supplies the rationale for performance measurement.  It challenges government managers to see things in a different light.  “What gets measured, gets done.”  When accountability is introduced into the system, people respond with better performance.  And, measuring just a few things motivates employees to work toward good performance specifically in the areas of focus.
Performance measurement systems promote consideration of performance in the budgeting process and facilitate a transition from measuring what gets spent to what gets accomplished.  Performance measurement is a movement toward a goal-oriented government.