journal entry reading. Write a summary after the reading focusing on examining the importance of being able to measure organizational effectiveness given the complex nature of organizations and conflicting goals. Consider the ethical aspects in your reflection.

Reading: Performance measurement is an inherently ambiguous term. It is used in various ways to refer to the performance of individuals and of organizations among other things. Yet the methods and data used to measure performance can vary significantly. To add to this the police, courts and corrections and the agencies that fall underneath each one are all fundamentally different. Budgets and budgetary controls are factors that can influence the performance and effectiveness of an organization, as they have a very mutual relationship. Concerning how budgets are linked to performance, budgets and budgetary controls mainly form and give every organization the structural support to achieve its goals and objectives, and maximizing performance, through resource allocation and control. Ethical problems in organizational effectiveness occur because it is relatively easy to produce numbers that make an individual or group look good, like the goals have been attained. After all, at the end of the fiscal year criminal justice agencies must seek to get their budgets renewed and they certainly don’t want less money, but more. The motivation to manipulate the data is always present and has happened far too often because of the competition for resources (internal and external). Unethical business practice involves the tacit, if not explicit, cooperation of others and reflects the values, attitudes, beliefs, language, and behavioral patterns that define an organization’s operating culture. Instructions: In this week’s journal reflection I would like you to examine the importance of being able to measure organizational effectiveness given the complex nature of organizations and conflicting goals. Consider the ethical aspects in your reflection. Your journal entry should be a minimum of 150 words and no more than 200. Below you see the Scoring Guide as to how you will be graded.