"The first task of any theory is to clarify terms and concepts that are confused...Only after agreement has been reached regarding terms and concepts can we hope to consider the issues easily and clearly, and expect others to share the same viewpoint..."
- Karl von Clausewitz, On War (1833)
"Words do matter. Language is messy by nature, which is why we must be careful in how we use it. As leaders, after all, we have little else to work with. We typically don't use hammers and saws, heavy equipment, or even computers to do our real work. The essence of leadership -- what we do with 98 percent of our time -- is communication. To master any management practice, we must start by bringing discipline to the domain in which we spend most of our time, the domain of words."
- Peter Senge
- Activities
- Alignment
- Balanced Scorecard
- Cascading strategy
- Cause and effect
- Dashboards
- Dimension
- Forecast
- Goal
- Goal diagram
- Indicators
- Initiatives
- Key performance indicators
- Measure
- Metrics
- Mission
- Objectives
- Operational reviews
- Outcomes
- Pathway
- Performance gap
- Performance management
- Perspectives
- Qualitative
- Quantitative
- Scorecards
- Strategy
- Strategy map
- Target
- Theme
- Threshold
- Traffic lights
- Trend
- Vision