Improving Organizational Performance through Cross-Sector Learning: Lessons from Measurement
The private sector tends to utilize different measurement techniques compared to the public and nonprofit sectors. The use of Toyota Production System’s Lean methods is commonplace in the private sector, whereas the use of monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) is standard in the public and nonprofit sectors. In this white paper, we share ways each sector can improve their organizational performance by adapting aspects of the other’s measurement practices.