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The tyranny of metrics / Jerry Z. Muller

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2018]Copyright date: © 2018Description: ix, 220 Seiten ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780691174952
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: The tyranny of metrics. Online-Ausgabe Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018. 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 220)DDC classification:
  • 658.4/013 23
  • 658.4013
RVK: RVK: MR 2000 | QP 300LOC classification:
  • HD58.9
Summary: The argument in a nutshell -- Recurring flaws --The origins of measuring and paying for performance -- Why metrics became so popular -- Principals, agents, and motivation -- Philosophical critiques -- 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 -- Unintended but predictable negative consequences -- When and how to use metrics: a checklistCall number: Grundsignatur: 2018 A 762PPN: PPN: 1008832693
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Handbibliothek ITAS Handbibliothek (Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich) 2018 A 762 Checked out Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich 05.03.2038 53531285090
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