can performance on some jobs not be measured? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Well...

Hmmm...that depends on the job and the criteria. If you, for example, rate a priest's job performance by the number of prayers answered, then how do you track that number?

To break it down...some jobs can't be qualified, they are too vague in job description to be quantified. Social Worker is one good example...

Other jobs are so complex, that while some job functions can be quantified - such as the performance of a company's CEO by the price of the stock or the company's net worth - the actual job performance may be better than these limited "data points" indicate. One good example is a company with "bad" stock price because the CEO is defending against a hostile takeover or is investing the company's resources in long term growth - it doesn't look "sexy" to the average stock broker, but to the wise investor, the CEO is doing an excellent job.

Which brings up "relativity", that is to say, what do you want to measure? In the proceding example, there are two - or more - ways to look at the same data, each with strengths and weakness inherent in the process...

In other jobs, the data can be either too limited (such as an entertainer) , there can be "too much" data to be easily (that is, cost effectively) managed, or the data can be corrupted (either intentionally - think "Enron" - or by accident).

So, to recap, reasons performance measurement can be difficult because:
-----Performance outcome is to vague to quantify.
-----Job description too vague to quantify.
-----Job performance can very depending on what you measure.
-----Job quantifications and perfomance outcomes can be conflicting, even using the same data.
-----Data can be too limited.
-----Data can be too large to be cost effectively quantified.
-----Data can be corrupted or intentionally polluted to produce a preset outcome.

And in closing, let me say this: we live in an analog universe, where there is no "absolute" black and white- just shades of grey, where the primary law is "relativity" and where the "uncertainty principle" rules over all...hard to put all that chaos in neat columns...

Hope this helps...

Answer 2

well.....accounting stuff on paper looks good on paper....but not in a reality sense...vice versa....the world is "tricky" when it comes to this....peole *** kiss or "smudge" their way to make a living even though they aren't as diligent and modest in their labor

Answer 3

each and everything has a level of performance...

even death.........