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Drucker said What cannot be measured cannot be ma

  • 1.  Drucker said What cannot be measured cannot be ma

    Posted 12-04-1998 12:22
    On 4 Dec 98 at 17:24, John L. Naman wrote:

    > Peter Drucker said What cannot be measured cannot be managed

    Not to be critical of a leading light, but that's plain sloppy talk.
    It's actually a nice statement but rather lacking in meaning...since
    everything "could" be measured.

    The issue is whether it can be measured accurately, meaningfully,
    etc.

    Bacal's Corollary:

    What can easily be measured is often not worth measuring, while what
    is difficult to measure is often what we need to attend to.


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