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Bezig met laden... The tyranny of metrics (editie 2018)door Jerry Z. Muller
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Using metrics in the wrong situation or with the wrong methods or variables can be bad, and there are some good points here, but man is it boring. Plus he cites Scott Atlas, the "let coronavirus spread to cause herd immunity" guy as an expert - just laughable. ( ) The topic is important. It is addressed rather well and covers pretty much what everyone working on those sectors has experienced. But this book could also have been written in the 1980s. There are a lot of books written in the same critical vein that take into account the rise of algorithms as part of the same processes (see Cathy O'Neill, obviously, but others as well). But again, those of us who have experienced those developments will appreciate their treatment here. Very readable book discussing the growth and misapplication of performance metrics. Main argument appears to be a push for reducing number of metrics collected and returning to a greater reliance on expert judgement. Includes a checklist of common problems and suggests solutions when using or designing metrics. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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 powerful book, Jerry Muller uncovers the damage our obsession with metrics is causing--and shows how we can begin to fix the problem. Filled with examples from education, medicine, business and finance, government, the police and military, and philanthropy and foreign aid, this brief and accessible book explains why the seemingly irresistible pressure to quantify performance distorts and distracts, whether by encouraging "gaming the stats" or "teaching to test." That's because what can and does get measured is not always worth measuring, may not be what we really want to know, and may draw effort away from the things we care about. Along the way, we learn why paying for measured performance doesn't work, why surgical scorecards may increase deaths, and much more. But metrics can be good when used as a complement to--rather than a replacement for--judgment based on personal experience, and Muller also gives examples of when metrics have been beneficial. Complete with a checklist of when and how to use metrics, The Tyranny of Metrics is an essential corrective to a rarely questioned trend that increasingly affects us all. -- Inside jacket flaps. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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