Imperfection of measurement in performance management

Measurement in business performance is imperfection lies in that measures always reflect certain aspect of object but not the whole story. The measures is not objective, of cause. Figuring out relationship between measurement and objective makes people get insight about business process and cause and effect. More importantly, the imperfection enables management team validate their hypothesis about business strategy, which makes change in according to results of validation possible.

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创业与做生意

“做生意属于创业,但称自己做生意的,基本上都在赚钱。称自己在创业的,基本都在亏钱。”——知乎有关于创业与做生意的评论(https://www.zhihu.com/question/19682963)。用最大的耐心读完知乎上整个评论之后,沉思良久,最后感叹道,这基本是对中国式创业的最基本、最精辟的论述。
中国传统思维里面存在了几千年的重农轻商思想,对商人往往会冠以奸商的名号。严格意义上上来讲,商人更多的是从事贸易与交换的,是做生意的人,是有固定的客户群体的。作为商人,对客户的研究、理解是非常到位的。商人的生意只是低买高卖,从中赚取差价,再加之对客户与市场的精确判断与精打细算,商人做生意基本是赚钱的,尤其是在改革开放早期,商品流通与交换不发达的情况下,许多早吃螃蟹的下海者,都在商品流通交换中,做生意赚取到第一桶金。

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