They do know, however, that the language and the reality of "performance gaps" in economic performance, in the health service, in education and elsewhere has hardened into more than unfathomable statistics and stark headlines.
Mr Jones also answered questions on child poverty, rolling stock and the performance of the ambulance service in south west Wales.
The Labour party back the changes, but the Conservatives are calling for elected local police commissioners who would be responsible for overseeing the delivery and performance of the police service in their area.
The bank said the bonus was for "substantial progress in making RBS safer, rebuilding performance in many businesses and improving customer service and support".
The outage had no measurable performance impact on the Internet service in the Bay Area as a whole, says Shawn White, director of operations at San Mateo, Calif.
Nearly three quarters of both groups cited trust as the most important characteristic of a financial adviser, but the big discrepancies were in performance and cost-per-service.
"DFID needs to do more and to take a tougher, clearer stance on the importance of cost and service performance information, and in particular indicators of education delivery and attainment if it is to make sure its contributions achieve the maximum good effect, " he said.
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The service's previous best performance record in its nine year history was set in March 2004 when the figure reached 63.03%.
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The research I have done on organizational change clearly shows that programs which are focused on organizations improving their performance in areas such as quality, costs and customer service are rarely successful.
Djokovic lost only seven points in 11 service games against Ferrer, and hit 30 crisp, clean winners in an almost flawless performance.
Since ballplayers are not pure commodities--service time counts as much as past performance in the league's salary structure--finding those solid contributors for little money can be the difference between a decent team and a champion.
Some analysts have said that Airbus should push back the A350 program indefinitely to ensure it can at least squeeze a better performance out of its A330, a currently-in-service 295-seater that was built to compete with Boeing's 767.
An activity is a personal service activity if it involves the performance of personal services in areas like health, law, engineering, architecture, accounting, actuarial science, performing arts and consulting.
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In a report on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's performance last year, the committee said promotions to different grades in the Diplomatic Service were judged on the basis of general competencies, including leadership and management abilities.
"They have to do that in order to preserve the integrity and the performance of their walkie-talkie service, " says Lin.
For cloud service providers, however, the bills could escalate in the pursuit of performance.
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Companies use salaries and raises to retain their high performers, but measuring performance itself is difficult, especially in fields that defy simple metrics like widgets built or customer-service calls answered.
The economist saw manufacturing output growth outpace service sector growth for the second quarter in a row, with a strong performance by factories in Eastern European nations like the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Russia.
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The government published its Civil Service Reform Plan in June, in which it said it wanted to improve performance but remain a "good, modern employer and continue to be among the best employers in the country".
The inspection report also highlighted the need for the PSNI to make customer service central to the work of all staff by ensuring "it became embedded in its performance management and development system".
Alaska Airlines landed more than nine out of ten flights on-time in February, according to global flight and airport information service provider FlightStats, which tracks the performance of over 150, 000 flights per day from hundreds of airlines worldwide.
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The company, which provides water to 3.7 million homes and businesses in England and Wales, is already facing a fine from regulator Ofwat for missing earlier customer service performance standards.
The objective is not only to have service members hired by companies, but to ensure that they are further along in their training and performance than most other hires.
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