THE BALANCED SCORECARD 1 Why businesses need a balanced scorecard The balanced scorecard was developed by US academics Robert Kaplan and David Norton in response to the shortcomings of traditional financial measures. Traditional financial measures are one-dimensional. By definition‚ they only look at the financial aspects of a business. Traditional financial measures are historical. They tell us nothing about what may happen to the business in the future. There are many examples of businesses
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strategies discussed are Kaplan and Norton’s “Balanced Scorecard”‚ and Porter’s “Five Forces”. Kaplan and Norton present a model that help businesses investigate and understand their internal resources‚ and how to align high-level goals to objectives. Porter’s model attempts to help businesses identify and understand the external forces that affect strategic management and long-term sustainability. Keywords: Strategic Management‚ Balanced Scorecard‚ Measurement‚ Strategic Planning
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A Balanced Scorecard is‚ “A set of four measures directly linked to a company’s strategy: financial performance‚ customer knowledge‚ internal business processes‚ and learning and growth” (Pearce & Robinson‚ 2009‚ p. 202). 123 See M3e Free Bail bonds need to develop a balanced scorecard to assist in defining the company’s mission‚ values‚ vision‚ and SWOTT analysis. Perspectives A balanced scorecard suggests the company collect data and analyze the perspectives view of the organization learning and
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pp. 147–160 COMMENTARY Transforming the Balanced Scorecard from Performance Measurement to Strategic Management: Part II Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton Robert S. Kaplan is a Professor at Harvard University and David P. Norton is founder and president of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative in Lincoln‚ Massachusetts. In a previous paper (Kaplan and Norton 2001b)‚ we described the role for strategy maps and Balanced Scorecards to develop performance objectives and measures linked
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Module: Supply Chain Management Exercise: Balanced Scorecard Session 4: Supply Chain Performance Management Instructor: Perry Davidson Candidate: Meg (Hongman) Liang Date: Oct 7th‚ 2013 1. State your organization’s supply chain strategy‚ e.g.‚ “to provide customerwith high level of service while contributing to corporate profitability.” The company’s supply chain strategy is “to meet customer needs and advance our technology leadership while creating value for our customers
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27‚ 2014 Case Study 7-2 An Analysis of‚ “Case Study 7-2: Balanced Scorecards at BIOCO” BIOCO has realized from its use of balanced scorecards that the company has been able to open communication channels‚ where common goals are established throughout the whole company. Employees are able to view the company’s value drivers‚ such as financial performance. The Chief Intelligence Officer (CIO) believed that that balanced scorecards helped employees to not only look at their own departments operations
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The Balanced Scorecard and Performance Measurement Assignment 1. The design of a good performance measurement system must follow a “top down” approach to ensure that key measures are in fact a measure of the strategic goals established by senior management. Performance initiatives should always start at the top because senior management has the power to implement the system and provide the organizations missions and objectives. The top down approach starts with a clear business strategy
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Business Scorecards Utah Symphony Balanced Scorecard The vision for the Utah Symphony is to be a world-class symphony. The business model is to provide sufficient high-quality concerts to sustain the 83 full-time musicians under contract. Financial • Strategic Goal: Being financially stable with sufficient annual profitability • Critical Success Factor: Having fundraising sufficient to allow ticket prices to stay same as last year • Measure: Having profitability increase in coming
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ACC2221 Advanced Management Accounting Coursework CIMA defines strategic management accounting as : ‘A form of management accounting in which emphasis is placed on information which relates to factors external to the firm as well as non-financial information …’ (Drury 7th Edition page 570) Strategic management accounting thus looks beyond cost measurement to focusing on ways to achieve cost reduction and hence strategic advantage for organisations. Many such techniques are outward looking
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Corporate soCial responsibility sCoreCard 2010 The Hershey Company 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Scorecard outlines our progress in advancing the priorities we established in our 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report. We understand that operating a sustainable‚ competitive business requires a commitment to improving our economic‚ environmental‚ and social performance. This scorecard shows how we performed against the goals published in our 2009 CSR Report as well as against newer
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