I am never going to a hospital again On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Greg Harris < g...@harrisconsultinggroup.com> wrote:
> This is going to cause a few mad Friday tangents…. > > > > If you have ever worked on a sales performance recognition system that > allows for any flexibility beyond the total of who sold how much in dollar > terms when, you will have seen that there quickly starts to be manipulation > of the input data to affect the recognition outcome (rewards). > > > > e.g. look at all the sales people who are running around just now to meet > their end of financial year goals, where the sales will be quietly credited > back into the system at the beginning of the next financial year! > > > > If sales people (who have a far lower average IQ) than programmers can > manipulate the system to meet their personal goals, what are programmers > going to do? > > > > But I would also say, if you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it! > > > > But take care with your stats, statistics show that far more people die in > hospital than in the community as a whole, so if you are sick, you should > avoid going to hospital! WRONG! (for the sales people in the room, the > reason more people die in hospital is because it has a biased population, > sick people, who have a higher probability of dying) > > > > Have fun on Friday > > Greg H > -- Michael M. Minutillo Indiscriminate Information Sponge Blog: http://wolfbyte-net.blogspot.com
