Daljit Dhadwal

Ideas, books, software, and other useful tools

Month: November, 2011

Putting in the time

What [Hendrik] Bode was saying was this: “Knowledge and productivity are like compound interest.” Given two people of approximately the same ability and one person who works ten percent more than the other, the latter will more than twice outproduce the former. The more you know, the more you learn; the more you learn, the […]

Managing your time

One of the core tenets of organizational behaviour is that there is no single best way to do something. The best way to do something quite often depends on the specifics of the situation. What works under one set of circumstances may not work under a different set of circumstances. For example, a highly directive […]

Do performance measurement systems actually improve performance?

Performance measurement systems are widely used by organizations in both the public and private sectors, with the objective of improving decision making and performance. The cost associated with building and implementing these systems is high, yet many fail to deliver the expected results. This paper proposes an evaluation method and framework using an evidence‐informed theory […]