Monitoring business performance : models, methods, and tools /
The idea of using models to inform business practice seems appealing, as it suggests the abstraction and control of a large, complex subject by means of a smaller, easily manipulated mechanism. In reality, however, many models prove inadequate when translated into business methods. Monitoring Busine...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge, Taylor and Francis,
2015.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in management and business studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The idea of using models to inform business practice seems appealing, as it suggests the abstraction and control of a large, complex subject by means of a smaller, easily manipulated mechanism. In reality, however, many models prove inadequate when translated into business methods. Monitoring Business Performance - Models, Methods and Tools elucidates how the assumptions and perceptions that guide performance assessment are often based on models that are poor interpretations and descriptions of reality. |
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| Item Description: | 10 Going Astray-Business Models and State Bureaucracies in an Unholy AllianceIndex. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (247 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135044978 113504497X 0203694228 (electronic bk.) 9780203694220 (electronic bk.) |