S p ri n g 2 0 0 7 V O L . 4 8 N O. 3 Michael Hammer The 7 Deadly Sins of Performance Measurement and How to Avoid Them REPRINT NUMBER 48302 S P E C I A L R E P O R T: M E A S U R I N G T O M A N A G E THE OF PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT [and How to Avoid Them] By Michael Hammer 7 Sins DEADLY SPRING 2007 MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW Operational performance measurement remains an unsolved problem. Despite the relatively little attention it gets in the management literature
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I have sinned almost every single day of my college career. As a matter of fact I am sinning as I write this paper. According to Thomas Benton’s article “The 7 Deadly Sins of Students” one of the sins that many college students commit is being a “sloth”‚ as they postpone doing their assignments until last possible second‚ leaving no time to reflect or learn from them. I am a “sloth”. I have had over a week to start this paper and I have held it off until the night before‚ as I have done with almost
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The answer to this question is no. Unfortunately we live in a world where justice has never really transpired. The first justice that I would like to speak about is personal justice. Blessed are those reared in a household innocence of the deadly sin of envy. Their lives will be tormented by a grinding resentment that they are not beautiful‚ or famous‚ or favored with gifts of fortune. They will not demand as a natural right or an entitlement of personal equality with everybody under the sun;
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The 7 Deadly Sins and 7 Cardinal Virtues ======================================== Overview -------- The "Seven Deadly Sins"’‚ also known as the "Capital Vices" or "Cardinal Sins"‚ are a classification of vices that were originally used in early Christian teachings to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man’s tendency to sin. The Roman Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: "venial"‚ which are relatively minor‚ and could be forgiven through any sacrament
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much? To find that answer‚ we must look to the deadly sin of Gluttony. The definition of gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires. Although the sin focuses mostly on the consumption of food‚ it also relates to the pleasures that the body experiences. The punishment for committing the sin of gluttony is that you after your death‚ you will be force-fed snakes‚ rats‚ and toads. The animal that represents the sin of gluttony is the pig‚ and the color that represents
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vices they delt with in the past. In fact‚ the first known sin in literature can agreeably be found in the Bible. It was Cain’s jealousy and anger that caused him to take the life of his brother Abel. Approximately 4000-5000 years later in the first known work of written English‚ the Beowulf-poet demonstrates the seven deadly sins through the title character’s battles with the three monsters. Obesity and sloth-modes vices. The seven deadly sins are ; envy‚ gluttony‚ greed‚ lust‚ pride‚ and wrath. Although
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The seven deadly sins are spoken of often and frequently in every day life for that is what they are affected with. All of these sins can intertwine to form a domino effect of actions and reactions that link to all of the sins. Once one is committed‚ it becomes easier to fall into the others for they are all interlinked. This is prevalent in Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur as proven by the acts committed by the various characters throughout the book.<br><br>When looked at as separate words‚ the definition
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not commit as many sins as Abigail did‚ she was not as secretive about it‚ and her actions only affected herself and her child. Hester did sin horribly but it was not comparable to Abigail ’s many sins. The sins that Abigail were guilty of were wrath‚ avarice‚ lust‚ and envy‚ while Hester only committed lust. Hester ’s adulterous behavior was considered one of the worst sins of the Puritan women. Although that was an awful sin to have committed‚ Abigail committed a sin of the same kind and
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and Ford Prefect traverse an imperfect galaxy plagued by a lack of individuality. In The Seven Deadly Sins Today‚ Henry Fairlie ventures that this galactic epidemic correlates to the transmission of immorality throughout the world. Douglas Adams utilizes satire and characterization to demonstrate how the human condition is flawed. Furthermore‚ Henry Fairlie calls upon the archetypal seven deadly sins to criticize human banality. Collectively‚ Adams’s wittiness and Fairlie’s bitterness encourage the
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theme of sin in D. H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is apparent through the adults’ corruption by greed‚ causing the death of a child in their pursuit of financial gain. Additionally‚ Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People” demonstrates that sinful and non-spiritualistic beliefs will result in a loss of both ability and moral character‚ while “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” shows ignoring one’s sin will always lead to
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