The Tyranny of Metrics

“In this clear and compelling book, Jerry Muller shows how our attempts to improve orga nizational outcomes through quantitative mea sures have metastasized into a culture of gaming and manipulation. Through carefully researched case studies on education, healthcare, and compensation, The Tyranny of Metrics makes a convincing case that we need to restore judgment and ethical considerations at a time when shallow quantification threatens the integrity of our most impor tant institutions.” — RAKESH KHURANA, Harvard Business School

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  The European Legacy

• Publication date

  2019-04-16

• Fields of study

  Business, Education, Computer Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1080/10848770.2019.1598145
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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