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Management is a technology

Five boring basics. Most small firms skip them.

SWe reviewed the research on it.People and teams

How to use it

In a randomised trial, firms that adopted five basics improved: written procedures, a few tracked numbers, weekly targets, regular maintenance, and rewards for doing it right. Most small firms skip them because nobody told them.

How sure we are

S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.

Sources

Bloom et al. 2013 (field experiment).

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