You may have heard the phrase “what gets measured gets managed.” So when we want something done, we slap a metric on it and manage toward that metric. Seems reasonable enough, right? It’s not, though.

Meeting productivity metrics within a law firm is vital. Employees must meet their productivity metrics for a law firm to meet its obligations. Law firms have vast obligations from payroll, rent, ...

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There is a huge problem with trying to increase productivity in functions, processes and in business teams. Measurements of productivity look at the efficiency of a task. The assumption: if companies ...

Researchers propose a new citation index that balances productivity and impact in academic publishing. The h-index of ...

A survey of 500 US and UK software developers conducted by J L Partners has found that 70% of software projects fail to be delivered on time, despite 83% of developers saying delivery performance is ...

Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

Set effective employee performance goals using MBO and continuous feedback. Top HR software includes BambooHR, Paychex Flex, ...

If you’re using software development productivity metrics to evaluate developer performance, then you’re doing it wrong. For best results, tie them to business outcomes. I cringe when development ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GEODIS, a leading global logistics provider, today announced the launch of its new Labor Management System (LMS) within its Americas network to bring ...