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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert D Austin |
| ISBN: | 0932633366 9780932633361 |
| OCLC Number: | 34798037 |
| Description: | xxi, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | An introduction to measurement issues -- A closer look at measurement dysfunction -- The intended uses of measurement in organizations -- How economists approach the measurement problem -- Constructing a model of measurement and dysfunction -- Bringing internal motivation into the model -- Three ways of supervising the agent -- Designing incentive systems -- A summary of the model -- Measurement and internal motivation -- Comparing delegatory and measurement-based management -- When neither management method seems recommended -- Purely informational measurement -- How dysfunction arises and persists -- The cynical explanation of dysfunction -- Interviews with software measurement experts -- The measurement disease -- Societal implications and extensions -- A difficult but solvable problem -- Appendix : Interview methods and questions. |
| Responsibility: | Robert D. Austin ; foreword by Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister. |
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