測量成功的一把尺
You may have heard a lot of people talking about KPIs. Whether you’re at a meeting, chatting with coworkers or sitting in a terrifying job interview, “KPI” is the business buzzword that just won’t go away.
你可能聽過很多人討論KPI，不管是在會議中、跟同事聊天，或是在可怕的工作面試上，KPI真的常常被大家掛在嘴邊。
terrifying(adj.)很可怕的interview(n.)面試buzzword(n.)流行用語
But what is a KPI and why is it so important?
但什麼是KPI？為什麼KPI這麼重要呢？
KPI is short for “key performance indicator”.
KPI是key performance indicator（關鍵績效指標）的縮寫，
key(n.)關鍵performance(n.)表現indicator(n.)指標
It’s a value that shows how good someone is at achieving their goals, like a ruler that measures success.
可以用來顯示一個人的工作績效，就像是測量成功的一把尺。
value(n.)價值show(v.)展現achieve(v.)達到goal(n.)目標measure(v.)測量success(n.)成功
Managers use KPIs to check how good their company is at getting things done.
管理者會以KPI來確認公司各項事務的成效。
done(adj.)完成的
There are different types of KPIs that can be used in different ways.
KPI也有不同類型，用於不同方向。
High-level KPIs are used to check how good the whole company is doing, while low-level KPIs focus on certain departments, such as sales, marketing, or human resources.
高階KPI用於確認公司的運作，低階KPI則可評估特定部門，例如銷售、行銷或人力資源。
whole(adj.)整個的focus on著重於、專注於certain(adj.)特定的department(n.)部門sale(n.)銷售marketing(n.)行銷human resource人力資源