The Balanced Scorecard for Hospital Performance and Productivity ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the usefulness of the Balanced Scorecard in improving a hospital’s management and delivery of health care at reduced cost without loss of quality. This paper describes an approach to designing and implementing a balanced scorecard system for measuring performance and productivity in a hospital setting. Specific measures of performance criteria are suggested as well as
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Harvard Business School 9-198-048 Rev. October 14‚ 1999 Citibank: Performance Evaluation Frits Seegers‚ President of Citibank California‚ was meeting with his management team to review the performance evaluation and bonus decisions for the California branch managers. James McGaran’s performance evaluation was next. Frits felt uneasy about this one. McGaran was manager of the most important branch in the Los Angeles area‚ and his financials were impressive. A year ago he would have
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1. Are the items assessed in the performance scorecard fair? Do they fit Citibank’s stated goals & culture? Should measures that have “hard” data be treated differently from those that are more subjective? Why or why not? Are the items assessed in the performance scorecard fair? YES‚ they include important factors to the bank that should be understood by the professional managers and if they know the rules in advance then it is fair. Particularly scorecard template is clear and easy to understand
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firm to perform a SWOT analysis in order to assess its current position in its industry. Citibank‚ like any other firm‚ has strengths‚ weakness‚ opportunities‚ and threats to consider in order to compose an effective plan for the future. Identifying the strengths of a company can give that company focus to know which areas it should continue to build on in order to pursue competitive advantages. Although Citibank has many strengths‚ its three major strengths are: diverse range of products‚ global reach
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How does the Citibank budgeting process work? Is this a Participative process? Citibank applies two management processes to control its international branches: sovereign risk limits review and operating budget review. Its budgeting process is a bottom-up. Although it starts from the headquarters’ instructions which guide the timing‚ format and issues needed to be addressed‚ budgeting is not obliged to attain specific targets. The corporation’s long-term goals are shared. Some international branches
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Kristin Howell Bus 400 Sec A Dr. Li 30 October 2007 "Citibank Case Analysis" Introduction: Through reading the article titled "Citibank: Performance Evaluation" and performing my own in-depth case analysis‚ I was able to analyze the issues Citibank California was confronted with and determine possible solutions to help run their business more successfully. Although Citibank is a well-run corporation that made necessary improvements in an effort to gain a competitive advantage over their
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national laws implementing that Regulation‚ starting from 2006 the Parent Company Fiat S.p.A. is presenting its financial statements in accordance with IFRS‚ which are reported together with comparative figures for the previous year. Operating Performance Specifically: Personnel and operating costs‚ totalling 199 million euros‚ comprise 58 million euros in personnel costs (60 million euros in 2005)‚ and 141 million euros in other operating costs (121 million euros in 2005)‚ which include the
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The scorecard The scorecards measures of key indicators‚ focuses managers and employees attention on what is important to the organization. Focusing on desired result increases the ability the relative effectiveness of various policies and practices. Just as organizations keep scorecards on their financial effectiveness. The importance of evaluating HRM Hr managers are unable to describe their contribution so‚ the evaluating of HRM is important. The HR department is being treated like other operational
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Balance scorecard Definition Balance scorecard also known as BSC. BSC was developed by Robert Kaplan and Norton in the early 1990s. Balance scorecard comes from two words namely balance and scorecards. Balance mean a balance between financial and non-financial performance‚ short-term performance and long-term performance‚ the performance of which is internal and external. When the scorecard also mean that the card is used to measure one’s performance score. At first scorecard used to measure performance
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To decentralize its operations Decentralization has streamlined the company’s operation To measure the performance of the various departments The balanced scorecard measure more than just the financial performance of the company Critical factors that meeting the goals: 1. Customer satisfaction: market share and repeat business 2. Operational efficiency: the number of produced per hour and the number of warranty claims received. 3. Employee excellence: employee training hours‚ employee satisfaction
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