My company is small (11 people, £1m turnover) and yet this book provided some solid data and insights to convince me that measurement-based management is very dangerous (which I was thinking about already, but I was lacking a solid explanation and some data about).
The point of the book is relatively straightforward, but the explanation is pretty solid, and it provides some data to substantiate that point, and a model about which approaches work in which situations. Imho it's a very valuable read if you're in a position where you're designing an incentives system (e.g. if you're trying to create a company with employees).
For contractors via oDesk - it will still help. The model is valid in general. You won't necessarily be able to do all the things that you would with a team that's physically there, but the general ideas still apply.
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My company is small (11 people, £1m turnover) and yet this book provided some solid data and insights to convince me that measurement-based management is very dangerous (which I was thinking about already, but I was lacking a solid explanation and some data about).
The point of the book is relatively straightforward, but the explanation is pretty solid, and it provides some data to substantiate that point, and a model about which approaches work in which situations. Imho it's a very valuable read if you're in a position where you're designing an incentives system (e.g. if you're trying to create a company with employees).
For contractors via oDesk - it will still help. The model is valid in general. You won't necessarily be able to do all the things that you would with a team that's physically there, but the general ideas still apply.