The Tyranny of Metrics

Recommended by Sanjay Bakshi, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #29 in Measurement, Ranked #45 in Business Statisticssee more rankings.

How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens our schools, medical care, businesses, and government

Today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, publicizing the results, and dividing up the rewards based on the numbers. But in our zeal to instill the evaluation process with scientific rigor, we've gone from measuring performance to fixating on measuring itself. The result is a tyranny of metrics that threatens the quality of our lives and most important institutions. In this timely and...
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Sanjay Bakshi A student recommended this book by @jerryzmuller which I liked a lot. It has some great examples on perverse incentives resulting in unintended consequences from measuring stuff and making the data public. https://t.co/SfnVmhlmWO (Source)


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