10 Benchmarking performancemeasurement for best practice
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it … In business, sometimes, prospects may seem darkest when really they are on the turn. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915)
Profits are not due to risks, but to superior skill in taking risks. They are not subtracted from the gains of labour but earned, in the same sense in which the wages of skilled labour are earned.
Thomas Fuller (1654–1734)
10.1 The history of performance measurement systems
Traditional performance measurement systems go back a long way in their origin and applications. It is thought, ...
Get Benchmarking for Best Practice now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
