Whats is a yardstick in business

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Whats is a yardstick in business

Answer 1

A yardstick in business, is not a physical yardstick.  The term generally describes the "measure" of that business.  A "measure of a man" is not a physical measure, but what he has accomplished and done.  You would say this was taking a yardstick, to measure his life's work.  Using the term to evaluate a business, you would describe it as how well the job was done:  just done?...good enough?...great?  Put his whole heart in to every thing that he/she does!  I think that when you take a "yardstick" to a business, you are measuring everything about that business.  Replace "yardstick with measure".  You'ver got it.

Answer 2

I need a context of how the word is used.  Assume you know a yardstick is a measuring device approximately 3 feet or 1 yard in length.