Why chasing KPIs can be bad for business

By Ross Gittins
Updated August 21 2017 - 6:08am, first published 6:04am
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In decades to come, when the history of business endeavour in the early part of the 21st century is written, I predict it won't be kind to the great management fad of "metrics".