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The reason is responsibility, and not one wants to take it, especially not politicians or people working for the goverment. That is why they need metrics, so th
by Helmut10001 4y ago
The reason is responsibility, and not one wants to take it, especially not politicians or people working for the goverment. That is why they need metrics, so they cannot be taken responsible for the consequences. "It was not my fault. The numbers said it."
- Mezzie 4y agoI've seen this in academia, for-profit, and non-profit sectors as well. It's what happens when responsibility is not married with reward, or worse, is punished by those above you. Why take responsibility when all responsibility gets you is fired, scolded, blame, or a bunch of additional work but no accolades, pay raises, promotions, etc?
- MichaelZuo 4y agoThe only way to get around this, that has actually been proven to work so far, is to give a single body nearly unchallengeable power. Such that even if some mega-disaster happened because of a lack of quantification, nobody would ever dare punish, simultaneously, a super-majority of said body. i.e. central committees of ruling communist parties. Of course the downsides of such a system are familiar to many.