Chapter 9 – Proofreading Exercise

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A critical process in technology management is measuring performance and

managing information. As noted by numerous authors and researchers, focusing on the

wrong areas can lead to actions that don’t help the organization

relize there strategic goals. This is one of the ways that a balanced

scorecard approach can prove beneficial, since it helps the firm identify the

proper measures by allaying them with the firms vision

and strategy. Specifically, performance measures should align with

the principal factors that determinate the success for that

particular firm.

It’s impotent to note that a firm could be meeting these

specific requirements and still not be in a position to acheive it’s

long-term goals. This problem can be addressed at least in part by

ensuring that the performance measures are used at the appropriate level

within the organization. If the organization ensures that there are goals for

each level of the organization, and appropriate measures that

correspond too these goals, than it stands a much better chance

of aligning its performance measures with it’s strategic intent. This means

that their should be goals and corresponding measures that are used at

the corprate level, the factory level (in the case of a firm in the

manufacturing industry) and the production line level.

As we can see, identifying the proper performance measures can be

difficult. That having ben said, so long as the firm uses the

proper criterion to select data and uses that data correctly it will

have a much better chance of finding and sustaining an competitive

advantage.Proofreading Exercise
For this assignment click on the PDF belwo titled ‘Chapter 9 – Proofreading Exercise’, and find ten grammatical/spelling mistakes that are in the document (there are at least twelve errors in the document.). Theonlykind of mistakes you should be looking for are the following:

Spelling mistakes
Instances where it’s clear that the wrong word has been used.
Mistakes in the use of apostrophes or the punctuation used to terminate a sentence.

You arenot looking for the mistakes of the following sort:

Improperly placed commas
Improper use of capital letters
Poorly constructed sentences or phrases

To complete this assignment, you need to list the following:

The line in which you found the mistake.
The offending word
The correction that you recommend.

This can be listed as a narrative or a chart. Examples:
Line 5, have should be had
Line 10, talant misspelled, should be talent
Line 12, companys should be company’s

or

Line
Error
Correction
5
have
had
10
talant
talent
12
companys
companys
This assignment is worth ten possible points, one point for each mistake that you find – up to a maximum of 10 points. I will only grade the first 10 listed. Therefore, do not list 15 mistakes hoping that at least 10 are correct! Some of the mistakes are subtle, so be sure to read this over carefully. Once you’ve completed the assignment, or you’ve done as much as you can, upload it into the appropriate area here for this assignment. The answer key will be available in this unit on the Monday after the due date.