Questions tagged [management]
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Has the 'Peter Principle' ever been proven or disproven?
According to Wikipedia, the Peter Principle states that "in a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence". Aside from anecdotal evidence, has this ever been proven or disproven by science?
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Do workplace performance appraisals and workplace goal-setting exercises hurt morale?
I have the strong suspicion that workplace performance appraisals and the act of setting employee goals do little to improve the employee performance and often serve to hurt the employee morale, which can have a negative effect on performance. My…
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Did Lord Kelvin say "If you can not measure it, you can not improve it"?
AZquotes claims that Lord Kelvin (or William Thomson) said this:
If you can not measure it, you can not improve it.
But there is no such a quote in his Wikiquote page. So did he actually say this?
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Span of Control: 5-7 direct subordinates of one manager
I keep hearing about "ideal" number of direct subordinates, which is 5 to 7.
It's also called "Span of control"
Span of control, also known as span of management, is a human resources management term that refers to the number of subordinates a…
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Is Tuesday a better day for Press Releases and similar information?
I remember reading an article about Tuesday being the best day to get maximum reach for your message. I think this study came from Harvard. The content of the message could be PR or some other communication.
Is there evidence for this?
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