a Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand
b Waikato Management School and Professor of Accounting and Finance, New Zealand
c University of Waikato, New Zealand.
d Waikato Management School, New Zealand.
Abstract:
The literature on organisational performance is riddled with measurement problems that cannot easily be solved. In contrast we argue that elite theory in terms of performance can be more easily measured by the win record of sports organisations. Accordingly, this article argues that certain organisational peak practices are key to understanding how peak performance is sustained. Through data collected from the top ten sports organisations in the world we introduce the embryonic theory of Peak Performing Organisations (PPO). Sustained PPO practices offer more robust outcomes than the genre of High Performing Organisations.