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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Balanced scorecard The notion of the Balanced Scorecard was developed by Robert Kaplan and David Norton in 1992 which has already widely used by many companies in the world (Helen Atkinson‚ 2006). The balanced scorecard not only focuses on the financial information but also nonfinancial information. However‚ with the rapid development the value of intangible assets such as intelligence becomes more important. Because the traditional management performance system always focuses on financial aspect
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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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industry‚ and an abundance of accessible capital. Began to breakthrough on information technology perspective have changed the capacity to manage business independent through the traditional system restriction of space or time. From past to now‚ traditional performance measure system focus on ‘Financial Performance’ and usually ignore the other aspects of performance and evaluation like Financial; Customer; Internal Business Processes and Learning and Growth. The weakness of adopting a financial performance
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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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measurement system that encompasses all aspects of an organization. Since inventing in 1990s‚ Balanced Scorecard was received a wide range of use and promotion in the global business community‚ including profit and non-profit organizations. The article proposes the application the Balance Scorecard in higher education to improve quality in universities. II/ Literature Review 1. The Balanced Scorecard The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a system of measurement which was first introduced by Robert S. Kaplan and
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GE Turbines and Balanced Scorecard BUS/475 GE Turbines and Balanced Scorecard A balance scorecard is essential for developing a healthy business growing place. It is a vital key for defining the goals and targets of a company as well as the vision‚ mission and the SWOTT Analysis. A balanced scorecard is‚ “A set of measures that are directly linked to a company’s strategy: financial performance‚ customer knowledge‚ internal business processes‚ and learning and growth” (Pearce & Robinson‚ 2013‚
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looking to measure performance against competitors and also encompass wider measures of customer satisfaction‚ innovation etc. which take a much wider view of those attributes that will lead to success. You are required to explain the wider implications of the techniques below rather than merely explaining what they are i.e. it is not sufficient to just explain the concepts but also how they can be effectively used by an organisation. You are required to work in groups of 3 or 4 people from your
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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 to strategy. With
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Balanced Scorecard: USPS Keller School of Management BSOP-588 Managing Quality Professor Robert Lee February 8‚ 2014 Introduction Performance management systems are often designed to enable organizations to plan‚ measure and control their performance‚ so that decisions‚ resources and activities can be better aligned with business strategies to achieve desired results and create shareholder value. The Balanced Scorecard is a performance tool using financial and
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