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misLeading Indicators

Author : Philip Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book misLeading Indicators written by Philip Green and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the hidden and potentially misleading nature of measurements, empowering readers to avoid making critical business decisions that are harmful, unreasonable, unwarranted, or plain wrong. Decision makers in business and government are more reliant than ever on measurements, such as business performance indicators, bond ratings, Six-Sigma indicators, stock ratings, opinion polls, and market research. Yet many popular statistical and business books and courses relating to measurement are based on flawed principles, leading managers to the wrong conclusions—and ultimately, the wrong decisions. misLeading Indicators: How to Reliably Measure Your Business provides something unique and invaluable: trustworthy tools for judging measurements. Each chapter illustrates the four key principles for reliable measurements: sufficient background information, accuracy and precision, reasonable inferences, and reality checks in different situations. After the three fundamental methods of measuring are defined, the authors expand to the application and interpretation of measurements in specific areas, including business performance, risk management, process, control, finance, and economics. This book supplies essential information for managers in business and government who depend on accurate information to run their organizations, as well as the consultants who advise them.

misLeading Indicators

Author : Philip Green
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313395969
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book misLeading Indicators written by Philip Green and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals the hidden and potentially misleading nature of measurements, empowering readers to avoid making critical business decisions that are harmful, unreasonable, unwarranted, or plain wrong. Decision makers in business and government are more reliant than ever on measurements, such as business performance indicators, bond ratings, Six-Sigma indicators, stock ratings, opinion polls, and market research. Yet many popular statistical and business books and courses relating to measurement are based on flawed principles, leading managers to the wrong conclusions—and ultimately, the wrong decisions. misLeading Indicators: How to Reliably Measure Your Business provides something unique and invaluable: trustworthy tools for judging measurements. Each chapter illustrates the four key principles for reliable measurements: sufficient background information, accuracy and precision, reasonable inferences, and reality checks in different situations. After the three fundamental methods of measuring are defined, the authors expand to the application and interpretation of measurements in specific areas, including business performance, risk management, process, control, finance, and economics. This book supplies essential information for managers in business and government who depend on accurate information to run their organizations, as well as the consultants who advise them.

Taking the Pulse of Public Opinion

Author : George F. Bishop
Publisher : Springer Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9780387981628
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Taking the Pulse of Public Opinion written by George F. Bishop and published by Springer Verlag. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public polls are contaminated by measurement error and therefore misleading. In this book, authors use multiple case studies to document fundamental problems facing scholars, journalists, policy makers and anyone else who relies on public opinion polling.

The Leading Indicators

Author : Zachary Karabell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451651252
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Leading Indicators written by Zachary Karabell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did we come by the “leading indicators” we place such stock in? We allocate trillions of dollars and make public policy and personal decisions based upon them, but what do they really tell us? “The leading indicators” shape our lives intimately, but few of us know where these numbers come from, what they mean, or why they rule the world. GDP, inflation, unemployment, trade, and a host of averages determine whether we feel optimistic or pessimistic about the country’s future and our own. They dictate whether businesses hire and invest, or fire and hunker down, whether governments spend trillions or try to reduce debt, whether individuals marry, buy a car, get a mortgage, or look for a job. Zachary Karabell tackles the history and the limitations of each of our leading indicators. The solution is not to invent new indicators, but to become less dependent on a few simple figures and tap into the data revolution. We have unparalleled power to find the information we need, but only if we let go of the outdated indicators that lead and mislead us.

Are All Summary Indicators of the Stance of Fiscal Policy Misleading?

Author : George A. Mackenzie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (869 download)

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Book Synopsis Are All Summary Indicators of the Stance of Fiscal Policy Misleading? by : George A. Mackenzie

Download or read book Are All Summary Indicators of the Stance of Fiscal Policy Misleading? written by George A. Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Are Epidemiological Indicators Misleading Under Uncertainty?

Author : Christelle Baunez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Are Epidemiological Indicators Misleading Under Uncertainty? written by Christelle Baunez and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Code of Practice on Misleading Price Indicators

Author : Great Britain. Department of Trade and Industry. Consumer Affairs Division 3
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Code of Practice on Misleading Price Indicators written by Great Britain. Department of Trade and Industry. Consumer Affairs Division 3 and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Are All Summary Indicators of the Stance of Fiscal Policy Misleading?

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451944500
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Are All Summary Indicators of the Stance of Fiscal Policy Misleading? written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1988-12-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and national and international economic developments.

Counting What Counts

Author : Jane Klinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Counting What Counts written by Jane Klinger and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People often rely on performance indicators for feedback on broad personal and organizational goals, e.g., using body weight to assess health and, in academia, using publication count to assess scientific contribution. Indicators can also be helpful as specific goal targets themselves, e.g., lose ten pounds, publish three papers (Locke & Latham, 2002). Yet, indicators rarely capture broad underlying goals, like health or scientific contribution, in full. As a result, people can also pursue indicators in ways that actually hinder underlying goals (Ordóñez, Schweitzer, Galinsky, & Bazerman, 2009)-what I conceptualize as "misalignment" from the underlying goal. For example, narrowly pursuing publication count can ironically lead to questionable research practices that are misaligned with the underlying goals of science. I review the existing research related to this phenomenon, primarily from management science, and present an integrative model suggesting potential antecedents and psychological consequences. Building on social psychological research, I then develop and test two main hypotheses: 1) the perceived social value of performance indicators is a key predictor of misalignment and 2) when misaligned, people feel reduced authenticity and well-being. The results of five studies-across six performance indicators-were generally consistent with the hypothesized antecedents (Studies 1, 2, and 5) and consequences (Studies 3-5). I discuss implications for understanding the motivation behind misalignment, limitations of the present research, and promising avenues for intervention.

EMU fiscal indicators: a misleading compass?

Author : Fabrizio Balassone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book EMU fiscal indicators: a misleading compass? written by Fabrizio Balassone and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1696 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 1696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sustainability through Service

Author : Adi Wolfson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319129643
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Sustainability through Service written by Adi Wolfson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the mutual relationship between service and sustainability. It covers methodologies and approaches and describes measurements and tools that can promote sustainability on the service market. Lastly, it presents the different applications of sustainability, together with examples of sustainable services. Environmental concerns have become integral to any decision-making process in the design and implementation of goods and services. With the increasing dominance of the service sector, and as service systems become more complex and interdisciplinary, the focus must move from the exchange of products to that of services. Newly created services should thus aim to incorporate sustainability into their designs while viewing sustainability as a service in its own right. Integrating sustainability in the service design and development process is essential to improving the sustainability of our society and preserving the environment. Moreover, doing so shifts the service boundaries from values that are focused only on personal, local, and current needs and economic profit to those that are broader and more future oriented, ultimately placing greater social and environmental responsibility on all stakeholders. In addition, it advances the current state-of-the-art in sustainable development and service design and contributes to improving the quality of life on a global scale.

Indicators to monitor and evaluate the sustainability of bioeconomy

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9251317968
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Indicators to monitor and evaluate the sustainability of bioeconomy written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FAO has been working for many years on non-food biomass products (including sustainable bioenergy) and biotechnology, and it received a mandate to coordinate international work on ‘food first’ sustainable bioeconomy by 62 Ministers present at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) 2015. Moreover, FAO has received support from the Government of Germany to develop guidelines on sustainable bioeconomy development (Phase 1: 2016; Phase 2: 2017-mid 2020). This involves work on the bioeconomy monitoring, including the selection and use of indicators. The ultimate aim of FAO’s work on sustainability indicators is to provide technical assistance to countries and stakeholders in developing and monitoring sustainable bioeconomy, more particularly on identifying suitable indicators in line with the Sustainable Bioeconomy Aspirational Principles and related Criteria, agreed upon in 2016 by the International Sustainable Bioeconomy Working Group created in the context of FAO’s project on Sustainable Bioeconomy Guidelines. These indicators shall help both policy makers and producers/manufacturers in monitoring and evaluating the sustainability of their bioeconomy strategies and interventions. In order to cover all the relevant aspects and issues for a sustainable bioeconomy, our approach identifies impact categories from the sustainable bioeconomy principles and criteria. The monitoring approach suggested is balanced, since it considers the three sustainability dimensions (social, economic and environmental); at the same time, it proposes to use a limited set of core indicators, to keep the monitoring feasible and cost-effective. The suggested methodology starts with a review of existing monitoring approaches to identify already available indicators, from which the authors.

Modern Water Resources Engineering

Author : Lawrence K. Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1627035958
Total Pages : 879 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Modern Water Resources Engineering written by Lawrence K. Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-11 with total page 879 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Environmental Engineering series is an incredible collection of methodologies that study the effects of pollution and waste in their three basic forms: gas, solid, and liquid. This exciting new addition to the series, Volume 15: Modern Water Resources Engineering , has been designed to serve as a water resources engineering reference book as well as a supplemental textbook. We hope and expect it will prove of equal high value to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, to designers of water resources systems, and to scientists and researchers. A critical volume in the Handbook of Environmental Engineering series, chapters employ methods of practical design and calculation illustrated by numerical examples, include pertinent cost data whenever possible, and explore in great detail the fundamental principles of the field. Volume 15: Modern Water Resources Engineering, provides information on some of the most innovative and ground-breaking advances in the field today from a panel of esteemed experts.

The Power of Servant-Leadership

Author : Robert K. Greenleaf
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1609941454
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Servant-Leadership written by Robert K. Greenleaf and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 1998-09-04 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the seminal work of Robert K. Greenleaf, a former AT&T executive who coined the term almost thirty years ago, servant-leadership emphasizes an emerging approach to leadership—one which puts serving others, including employees, customers, and community, first. The Power of Servant Leadership is a collection of eight of Greenleaf's most compelling essays on servant-leadership. These essays, published together in one volume for the first time, contain many of Greenleaf's best insights into the nature and practice of servant-leadership and show his continual refinement of the servant-as-leader concept. In addition, several of the essays focus on the related issues of spirit, commitment to vision, and wholeness.

Return to Meaning

Author : Mats Alvesson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191090778
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Return to Meaning written by Mats Alvesson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that we are currently witnessing not merely a decline in the quality of social science research, but the proliferation of meaningless research, of no value to society, and modest value to its authors - apart from securing employment and promotion. The explosion of published outputs, at least in social science, creates a noisy, cluttered environment which makes meaningful research difficult, as different voices compete to capture the limelight even briefly. Older, more significant contributions are easily neglected, as the premium is to write and publish, not read and learn. The result is a widespread cynicism among academics on the value of academic research, sometimes including their own. Publishing comes to be seen as a game of hits and misses, devoid of intrinsic meaning and value, and of no wider social uses whatsoever. Academics do research in order to get published, not to say something socially meaningful. This is what we view as the rise of nonsense in academic research, which represents a serious social problem. It undermines the very point of social science. This problem is far from 'academic'. It affects many areas of social and political life entailing extensive waste of resources and inflated student fees as well as costs to tax-payers. Part two of the book offers a range of proposals aimed at restoring meaning at the heart of social research and drawing social science back address the major problems and issues that face our societies.

The Fictions of Latin American Law and their Strategic Uses

Author : Jorge L. Esquirol
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107178398
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Fictions of Latin American Law and their Strategic Uses written by Jorge L. Esquirol and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges the distorted hegemonic accounts of Latin American law and reveals their geopolitical and economic consequences in the world today.