The tyranny of metrics / Jerry Z. Muller.
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TextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]Description: ix, 220 pages ; 23 cm. ; casedContent type: - 9780691174952
- 0691174954
- 9780691174952:
- Performance standards
- Performance -- Evaluation
- Organizational effectiveness -- Measurement
- Business & Management
- Education
- Management: leadership & motivation
- Econometrics & economic statistics
- Business strategy
- Management & management techniques
- Business and Management
- Efficiency, Organizational -- statistics & numerical data
- 658.4013 23
- .M84 2018
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| General Lending | Teaching and Learning IN PROCESSING | 658.4013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 85357 | |
| General Lending | Teaching and Learning IN PROCESSING | 658.4013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 85358 |
18.54 CWL01
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-212) and index.
The argument. The argument in a nutshell -- Recurring flaws -- The background. The origins of measuring and paying for performance -- Why metrics became so popular -- Principals, agents, and motivation -- Philosophical critiques -- The mismeasure of all things? : case studies. Colleges and universities -- Schools -- Medicine -- Policing -- The military -- Business and finance -- Philanthropy and foreign aid -- Excursus. When transparency is the enemy of performance: politics, diplomacy, intelligence, and marriage -- Conclusions. Unintended but predictable negative consequences -- When and how to use metrics: a checklist.