So in some of the trials, the medical practices may not reflect what we are actually doing today.
What this eager ensemble practices may not be exactly what Jimmy Smith devised back in the fifties, but it's not that far removed either.
Some Chinese practices may not conform yet to world trading rules, he added, but those will eventually fall away as China moves toward openness.
These practices may not be illegal, but can you really say they represent the values that we want to see on Wall Street or in our corporations?
Lately, though, companies and researchers have drawn attention to another problem with performance reviews — one that these companies' new practices may not be addressing and could, in fact, be exacerbating.
"Fraudulent retail banking practices may not in and of themselves pose systemic risk, but they surely indicate mismanagement that could be catastrophic in riskier and more complex divisions of a bank holding company," she said.
"Inbreeding and other reckless breeding practices may not be as bloody as dogfighting or as painful to look at as puppy mills, but they may ultimately cause even more harm to the well-being of dogs," he said.
Arguments over best medical practices may not be as simple as Ms. Dresser describes, primarily because only one party in the argument (the doctor) has at least a decade of medical education.
Case series reports from subspecialty practices may not reflect what general ophthalmologists see and treat.
Sampling procedures may be vague, and sampling practices may not follow correct procedures.
Primary care practices may not have the capacity to vaccinate all children during influenza vaccination season.
