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The tyranny of metrics / Jerry Z. Muller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]Description: ix, 220 pages ; 23 cm. ; casedContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691174952
  • 0691174954
  • 9780691174952:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.4013 23
LOC classification:
  • .M84 2018
Contents:
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.

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.

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