Koch companies strive to bring the productive power of the free market into their operations by systematically applying MBM^® through these five dimensions:

Vision: Determining where and how the organization can create the greatest long-term value.

Virtue and Talents: Helping ensure that people with the right values, skills and capabilities are hired, retained and developed.

Knowledge Processes: Creating, acquiring, sharing and applying relevant knowledge, and measuring and tracking profitability. (Read, "Knowledge sharing in action," from Discovery newsletter.)

Decision Rights: Ensuring the right people are in the right roles with the right authority to make decisions and holding them accountable.

Incentives: Rewarding people according to the value they create for the organization.