Caterpillar Inc.--Early 1990s The assessment of opportunities and threats is the foundation upon which planners develop strategies. The Caterpillar case illustrates some of the problems associated with the identification of opportunities and threats‚ especially in a situation where previous successes are notable. Attempting to pattern long-term growth on the basis of previously valid assumptions is one of the classic dilemmas facing the strategic planner whether in consumer or organizational markets
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1. Description of Company and Industry Founded and headquartered in Peoria‚ Illinois‚ Caterpillar‚ Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of construction & mining equipment‚ diesel & natural gas engines‚ industrial gas turbines‚ and diesel-electric locomotives. It operates in five segments. The construction segment provides machinery‚ such as backhoe‚ loaders‚ small track-type tractors‚ and mini excavators for use in infrastructure and building construction projects. The resource segment
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Home Assignment Implementing the Balanced Scorecard to align IT and Business Strategy Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Balanced Scorecard – an overwiev 1 1.2 Course of investigation 1 2 Balanced Scorecard for a better performance 2 2.1 Three key problems 2 2.2 System of Balanced Scorecard 3 3 Components of Balanced Scorecard 4 3.1 The purpose of the implementation 4 3.2 Four Perspectives 4 3.2.1 Customer perspective 5 3.2.2 Financial and economic perspective 5 3.2.3 Internal
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The Balanced Scorecard as a Tool for Security Management Measurement Table of Content List of Abbreviations..........................................................................................................i List of Figures....................................................................................................................ii 1. 1.1 1.2 2. Introduction .......................................................................................................................
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Using Balanced Scorecard for Subcontractor Performance Appraisal S. Thomas NG‚ Hong Kong‚ China Key words: Subcontractor performance‚ performance appraisal‚ balanced scorecard SUMMARY Several influential industry reports have pointed out that a decline in construction quality and productivity could be attributed to the performance of subcontractors who are entrusted to complete the actual works‚ yet subcontractor performance appraisal is a much neglected subject in construction. To facilitate
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The Balanced Scorecard Case Analysis VWB – Thomas Schmall Kari L. Smith October 31‚ 2014 Bay Path University BUS491 – Strategic Management - Professor Jaime Litchfield “I submit that this paper is entirely my own work and agree that it may be submitted to Turnitin for the purpose of checking for plagiarism and further that it may be maintained on the Turnitin database in order to check for future plagiarism.” Balanced Scorecard Case Analysis Introduction When Thomas Schmall became CEO
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www.ccsenet.org/ijbm International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 5‚ No. 7; July 2010 Balanced Scorecard Implementation at Rang Dong Plastic Joint-Stock Company (RDP) Luu Trong Tuan National University of Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam E-mail: luutrongtuan@hcm.fpt.vn Sundar Venkatesh Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)‚ Thailand Abstract From the balanced scorecard (BSC) framework‚ which encourages the use of both financial and non-financial measures of performance‚ allowing the firm
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Chapter 2 Literature Review Since the Balanced Scorecard was developed in the 1990’s by Robert Kaplan and David Norton (1992)‚ it has gained in popularity amongst academics and practitioners. In 1990‚ Kaplan and Norton led a research study of a lot of companies with the purpose of exploring the new methods of performance management. The importance of the study was an increasing belief that the financial measures of performance management were not as effective as before with the development of modern
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Strategic Plan Part III Balanced Scorecard Before opening its doors‚ a company must employ researchers and marketers to create new ideas or products that will make his or her company stand out above competitors and get the attention of consumers. Management will come up with a strategic plan on the direction of the company‚ which will include a balanced scorecard. According to Pearce and Robinson‚ (2009) "The balanced scorecard is a set of measures that are directly linked to the company ’s strategy
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21‚1 Balanced scorecards in managing higher education institutions: an Indian perspective Venkatesh Umashankar and Kirti Dutta Institute for International Management and Technology‚ Haryana‚ India Abstract Purpose – The paper aims to look at the balanced scorecard (BSC) concept and discuss in what way it should be applied to higher education programs/institutions in the Indian context. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on extant literature on the balanced scorecard concept per
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