Small business success often hinges on the ability of management to rally employees in order to achieve common goals that benefit the bottom line. Without effective management, it can be challenging ...

The final report by the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking promises to refocus attention on the use of performance data. This is not new of course; the use of metrics has evolved over more than ...

This is a cautionary tale. A common thread ties together the work of Frederick Taylor and the pioneers of scientific management at the beginning of the 20th century, the industrial engineers who ...

More and more companies, government agencies, educational institutions and philanthropic organizations are today in the grip of a new phenomenon. I’ve termed it “metric fixation.” The key components ...

Learn about the direction performance management is heading and how the most effective trends can help manage your team.

Buying unnecessary inventory costs your business money. Conversely, inadequate inventory can lose sales. Accountants and analysts have developed a number of metrics for judging how efficiently your ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

Performance metrics have been around government for quite some time, maybe ten years or more. It started with City Stats and has spread across the nation to other governments. I struggled with ...

Without metrics to track performance, marketing and business plans are ineffective. For marketers, three primary metrics constitute a starting point for tracking their performance. Once companies are ...

This is the last of a three-part series on purchasing. It is intended to blow up long-standing paradigms, to challenge purchasing leaders to think and act more boldly, as well as to think and act more ...