Step 1: Collect and Review Primary Information
February 12, 2025
The Persistence of the Digital Divide The advent of the internet revolution raised hopes that there would be an egalitarian society where free sharing of information and knowledge would eliminate the uncertainties and the power of gatekeepers of knowledge by making it free and easy to search and find. Further, there were hopes that the […]
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith is perhaps one of the most influential books on Economics in all history. However, not many people know that it is in this book that the idea of improving processes to increase productivity and therefore profit was born. Although Adam Smith called it “division of labor” and not […]
Development of Global Business Organizations, Multi National Corporations and the Corporate has always found a lot of academicians as well as the think tanks and Management Experts taking interest in analyzing the past, the present trends and prophesying the future trends. The study of growth of trade, the industries and the Organizations and the various […]
The Six Sigma project is not complete until the concerned personnel who have to operate the process have the know-how to do so. Many Six Sigma projects have failed because the project team was overjoyed at achieving success. However, one must not forget that improvements are only on paper until they are implemented. And there […]
Introduction For an organization to succeed in the global and competitive world, it needs to have a robust strategic plan in place. The strategic plan is made of several definite targets it aspires to achieve. Some of the targets are internal (Productivity improvement, sound finance discipline, etc.) as well as external (EPS, Stockholder value, etc.). […]
Metrics are numbers that tell you important information about a process under question. They tell you accurate measurements about how the process is functioning and provide base for you to suggest improvements.
It is said that only when one can express their understanding in terms of numbers is the understanding satisfactory and meaningful.
Usually measuring results with one metric is not a good enough strategy. A combination of metrics is used to measure the effectiveness of the process.
In the end it is only an understanding of both types of metrics and what they suggest can meaningful decisions be made about the process is question.
Here are some important functions that metrics fulfil in an organization.
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