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Management 13th Edition by John Schermerhorn,Daniel Bachrach
Edition 13ISBN: 978-1118841518Management 13th Edition by John Schermerhorn,Daniel Bachrach
Edition 13ISBN: 978-1118841518 Exercise 23
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"You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal."
Bill Gates Calls for Better Measurement to Solve Social Problems
"M easure them!" advises Bill Gates. The world's social problems will remain unsolved unless we do it and do it well. "I have been struck by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal," he says. "We can do better. We have the tools at hand."
Gates describes the challenge this way. "In the U.S. we should be measuring the value added by colleges.... In agriculture, creating a global productivity target would help countries focus on a key but neglected area: the efficiency and output of hundreds of millions of small farmers who live in poverty.... In poor countries we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services.... I'd love to have a way to measure how exposure to risks like disease, infection, malnutrition and problem pregnancies impact children's potential."
In making his case for "extraordinary measures," Bill Gates describes a pathway to progress through big goals and big accomplishments. His message is basic management, a lesson on control learned from success in building Microsoft into a global corporation. Progress begins with the right goals and plans. Progress is achieved when results are measured and adjustments are made so that things can keep getting better in the future.
FIND THE INSPIRATION
It may be tempting to dismiss Gates's call to action as the musings of a rich man. It would be a lot smarter to listen and to learn. How can this call for better measurement and greater willingness to pay attention to data be applied to the organizations that you work for or are familiar with Can this advice help advance your own life and career goals Do you have an aversion to measurement If so, how can you turn measurement into a friend rather than an enemy
"You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal."
Bill Gates Calls for Better Measurement to Solve Social Problems
"M easure them!" advises Bill Gates. The world's social problems will remain unsolved unless we do it and do it well. "I have been struck by how important measurement is to improving the human condition. You can achieve incredible progress if you set a clear goal and find a measure that will drive progress toward that goal," he says. "We can do better. We have the tools at hand."
Gates describes the challenge this way. "In the U.S. we should be measuring the value added by colleges.... In agriculture, creating a global productivity target would help countries focus on a key but neglected area: the efficiency and output of hundreds of millions of small farmers who live in poverty.... In poor countries we still need better ways to measure the effectiveness of the many government workers providing health services.... I'd love to have a way to measure how exposure to risks like disease, infection, malnutrition and problem pregnancies impact children's potential."
In making his case for "extraordinary measures," Bill Gates describes a pathway to progress through big goals and big accomplishments. His message is basic management, a lesson on control learned from success in building Microsoft into a global corporation. Progress begins with the right goals and plans. Progress is achieved when results are measured and adjustments are made so that things can keep getting better in the future.
FIND THE INSPIRATION
It may be tempting to dismiss Gates's call to action as the musings of a rich man. It would be a lot smarter to listen and to learn. How can this call for better measurement and greater willingness to pay attention to data be applied to the organizations that you work for or are familiar with Can this advice help advance your own life and career goals Do you have an aversion to measurement If so, how can you turn measurement into a friend rather than an enemy
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