IMHO to not be gamed, management needs to operate on a conceptual level which is similarly sophisticated, or surpasses in sophistication, the conceptual level o

IMHO to not be gamed, management needs to operate on a conceptual level which is similarly sophisticated, or surpasses in sophistication, the conceptual level of the employees (or suppliers). If there's a single KPI and all the reward is tied to that without any balance, sure that will be gamed. But if there is a well-defined, appropriately complex reward function aligned with the utility of whatever the organization delivers to the outer world, I would consider that a positive.