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What are the benefits and problems in using league tables to measure performance?

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Question added by Frank Mwansa , ACCOUNTING LECTURER , FREELANCER
Date Posted: 2016/01/28
Frank Mwansa
by Frank Mwansa , ACCOUNTING LECTURER , FREELANCER

Benefits

A league table allows an easy way of making comparisons using a few indicators.

It is easy to understand the measures used in the table

The table uses benchmarks and we can assume best practice in areas of performance

Problems

A league table can be oversimplified as it represents a simplification of what might be complex measures

It can lead to fixation on the measures in the table so that these are achieved at the expense of all others

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