Download or read book Performance measurement in palestinian companies The use of the balanced scorecard BSC method by private firms operating in Ramallah written by Duaa Abu Hamde and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, , language: English, abstract: This study aims to investigate the usage of performance measures, conceptualized as the BSC measures, within an organizational context. This research considers itself as a descriptive research. The questionnaire was distributed to 46 private Palestinian firms operating in Ramallah from different sectors. The results revealed that the usage of financial measures is still high and ranked first among the four perspectives of the BSC measures. However, the usage of non-financial measures is growing. Only reliance on financial based performance measures is inadequate in the new manufacturing environment. Increase awareness of the importance of non financial performance measures in providing long-term value creation and long-term strategic focus as well as their effects on firm performance leads to several innovations in the area of performance measurement system. One of the widely known innovations in this area is called balanced scorecard (BSC) which has been originated by Kaplan and Norton in 1992. The BSC combines traditional financial measures with non-financial measures through focusing on four perspectives – financial, customers, internal business processes, and learning and growth.

Download or read book The Balanced Scorecard A Critique written by Philippe-Artus Hoerle and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1.0, Anglia Ruskin University, language: English, abstract: In today’s business environment measuring business performance is a matter of life and death within any organisation (compare Ittner and Larcker, 1998). Due to the changing nature of work and increasing competition with changing demands (Neely, 1999) the number of people interested in business performance measurement has recently increased dramatically. But business performance measurement is confronted with a vital choice what system the company should use to quantify the success of the organisation’s strategy. In this context the Balanced Scorecard(Kaplan and Norton, 1992, 1996) is almost used as a synonym for measuring Business Performance Measurement (BPM). With this in mind, the following dissertation aims at a critical exploration and assessment of the framework of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and it examines if this framework merits its wide popularity experienced and still experiences. Following a definition of the BSC, the author turns to the elements of the BSC with its key proclamations. Strengths and weaknesses will be outlined by considering different case scenarios. The main attention will be put on the question whether the BSC leads to better business results, as it is publicized, or if its wide use is only an outcome of its effective promotion. Before the analysis comes to an ending in which it summarises the key points, the author suggests some recommendations for organisations when using the BSC, in order to meet its problem areas. In this context the author’s personal view will be flowing in.

Download or read book Balanced Scorecard for Performance Measurement written by IntroBooks and published by IntroBooks. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When you can measure all those words that you are talking about, and break them into numbers, you know really something about it. To the contrary, when you are not measuring anything at all, then you have no idea on what you have spoken. You have no control over your sayings. The knowledge can be meager in that way, and that could be unsatisfactory as well, says”, Dr. Kaplan. In other words, if you can measure, then you could improve. That is the reason, why business metrics were introduced to measure the performance standards of the organizations, towards improvisation. That is all balanced scorecard is about. Let us see about that in detail.

Download or read book Guide to a Balanced Scorecard written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Balanced Scorecard as Strategic Controlling Instrument Introducing the Indicators based BSC for Implementation of a Corporate Strategy from Four Different Perspectives written by Christoper Dewangga Pramudita and published by Anchor Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays, many companies should not only discuss about how to obtain profits from their products. They should also be forced to use any other aspect that has the ability to increase the impact for their long-term success. Examples are: discussing about the quality of their products, the relationship between them and their customers and employees, the production process as well as marketing. Those are the challenges for all managers who are not only struggling to achieve their company’s targets - high profits - but also to achieve customers', employees' and stakeholders' satisfaction. Therefore, managers need to seek out an approach which is able to help them finishing their tasks and involves all the aspects mentioned. Nevertheless, it is not easy to reconcile conflicting demands of individual interest groups. The concept of the balanced scorecard (BSC) is one of the modern approaches to handle these challenges. The balanced scorecard is the main topic of this book. More precisely, it explains the benefits of introducing the indicators-based balanced scorecard as a strategic controlling instrument for implementation of a corporate strategy from four different perspectives: financial, customer, internal business process as well as learning and growth perspective.

Download or read book The Trainer s Balanced Scorecard written by Ajay Pangarkar and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The balanced scorecard (BSC) is increasingly the strategic business tool of choice for many organizations. One of the four components of the BSC, ?learning and growth,? is largely misunderstood, underutilized, and ineffectively applied. The BSC framework provides an opportunity for management and workplace learning and performance professionals to communicate through a common language, establish realistic and measurable targets, and align and support the rest of the organization in a strategic way. This book provides proven guidance and customizable tools to measure the role of learning and performance, link it to organizational objectives, and communicate to management results in a common language.

Download or read book A Critical Analysis of the Balanced Scorecard with Special Consideration to Its Implications for HRM and HR policy written by Michael Hoffmann and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-08 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,7, London School of Economics and Political Science, 25 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The Balanced Scorecard is designed and implemented as a strategic management and measurement system. It uses a broad range of innovative indicators and enfolds the overall strategy. Especially, it has extensive implications on human resource processes and its strategic orientation within a company. The development and implementation of a complete BSC is associated with the parallel adoption of a high-performance-work-system and a long-term orientated HR-strategy. With support of the BSC, human resource management becomes a partner with business, which manages its employees as adding value assets and includes HRM in business strategy. HRM gains in importance and makes an essential contribution to the business-wide human resource and organisation development. Empirical results show that it is possible to successfully implement the BSC and the involved long-term orientated HR-strategy in both already long-term and stakeholder orientated enterprises and previously short-term and shareholder orientated companies. Different researchers verified that the implementation of a BSC by simultaneous use of a HPWS is associated with an essential improvement of business performance and development as well as better financial results and higher profitability.

Download or read book Balanced Scorecard for Corporate Performance Management written by Anish Kumar Dan and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies on changes in performance measurement found that there is growing trend towards managing performance improvement through focusing on the underlying drivers of performance. The past obsession with pure financial performance is decreasing and there is recognition that a trade off between hitting present financial result and sustaining the capabilities and competences will help companies to survive in future. The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a strategic management system that is used worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organisation, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organisation performance against strategic goals. There are opportunities in India for promoting the concept of BSC which looks beyond traditional financial measurements and examines the organisational operations from the perspective of customer, shareholder, internal processes and learning. It takes care of the long-term health of the organisation and change management. Companies' business strategies get fine tuned, communicated and implemented through a strategy map involving quantitative measurements, focused communication and employee empowerment.

Download or read book Adoption the Balanced Scorecard BSC Framework as a Technique for Performance Evalaution in Sri Lankan Universities written by Rohana Weerasooriya and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides systematic research-based evidence on the usage of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) concept in Sri Lankan Universities. This typology ranges from the BSC's origin as a multidimensional framework for strategic performance measurement that combines financial and non-financial measures to its advanced usage as an integrated strategic management system. Robert Kaplan and David Norton (1992) present their Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework as comprehensive techniques for the performance management of their organizations. The BSC widely used method to improve on an organizations performance and it is essential for universities as the centers of education, knowledge creation and knowledge worker evolvement. However, for the evaluation of performance universities still refers to traditional financial data, which could not understand and influence and defect of performance on a Sri Lankan Universities completely. This study explores to develop of the Balanced Scorecard framework in Sri Lanka Universities and finds that, although universities are increasingly using it. The study consists of all departments under each Management Faculties and achieved an overall response rate of 84.78%. After the Balanced Scorecard is designed, the perception of management staff on its use is also investigated. The results reveal that staff welcomed the use of the Balanced Scorecard.

Download or read book Factors Affecting the Adoption of the Balanced Scorecard by Small and Medium Sized Enterprises written by Dieu Thuong Ha and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2024-02-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its introduction by Kaplan and Norton in 1992, the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has gradually been adopted as a fundamental system of management by many organisations. Because the BSC is mainly designed for large companies in developed countries, there is a question of its successful application in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), especially those in developing countries. As there is little research in this area, this book is designed to fill that gap. In this book, Vietnamese SMEs are used as the central study cases for the application of BSC. Such a system enables SMEs to meet their management needs more quickly. Lessons learned in this study can be extended not only to other Vietnamese SMEs but also to firms in other countries with similar economic conditions. The book will also provide an improved understanding on factors influencing the adopting process.

Download or read book Adoption of the Balanced Scorecard BSC as a Technique for Performance Evalaution in Sri Lankan Universities written by Rohana Weerasooriya and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides systematic research-based evidence on the usage of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) concept in Sri Lankan Universities. This typology ranges from the BSC's origin as a multidimensional framework for strategic performance measurement that combines financial and non-financial measures to its advanced usage as an integrated strategic management system. Robert Kaplan and David Norton (1992) present their Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework as comprehensive techniques for the performance management of their organizations. The BSC widely used method to improve on an organizations performance and it is essential for universities as the centers of education, knowledge creation and knowledge worker evolvement. However, for the evaluation of performance in universities still refers to traditional financial data, which could not understand and influence and defect of performance on a Sri Lankan Universities completely. This study explores to develop of the Balanced Scorecard framework in Sri Lanka Universities and finds that, although universities are increasingly using it. The study consists of all departments under each Management Faculties and achieved an overall response rate of 84.78%. After the Balanced Scorecard is designed, the perception of management staff on its use is also investigated. The results reveal that staff welcomed the use of the Balanced Scorecard.

Download or read book Essentials of Balanced Scorecard written by Mohan Nair and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-05-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balanced scorecard is a widely recognised and accepted performancemeasurement tool that is currently used in thousands oforganisations around the world. This book will help to implementthe organisations' balanced scorecard strategies into action bydefining performance objectives, measures, and targets in fourlinked and balanced perspectives: Financial, Customer, InternalProcess, and Employee Learning and Growth. * Explains what balanced scorecard is and addresses the challengesand solutions for its implementation. * Addresses the concerns of the mid to small corporation as well asthe emerging business * Each chapter provides tips and techniques as well as real worldexamples

Download or read book The Balanced Scorecard written by Robert S. Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Balanced Scorecard Step by Step written by Paul R. Niven and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRAISE FOR Balanced Scorecard Step-By-Step: Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Results, Second Edition "As a practitioner and thought leader, Paul Niven is superbly bridging the gulf between BSC theory and application through hands-on experiences and real-world case studies. The book provides a practical road map, step-by-step, to plan, execute, and sustain a winning scorecard campaign. Easy to read . . . tells a powerful story with lessons learned/best practices from global customer implementations. Must-read for anyone interested in BSC or grappling with how to create a strategically aligned organization." —Vik Torpunuri, President and CEO, e2e Analytix "In Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step, Second Edition, Paul Niven provides an intuitive and incredibly effective blueprint for transitioning strategic ambition to execution. Paul's pragmatic approach provides leaders with a tool for managing a company's journey from strategic ideas to world-class performance. The Balanced Scorecard is a masterful tool for guiding companies through transformation, and I speak from personal experience when I say Paul's blueprint works! It is the most effective guide I have seen. Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step will serve any leader well if their ambition is to efficiently engage their teams in achieving a set of strategic goals." —Allan A. MacDonald, Vice President, Sales and Customer Solutions Bell Canada National Markets "Paul Niven has done it again!!! With this book, he has further operationalized the enlightened Balanced Scorecard concept into a fully functional system that optimizes business execution and performance!" —Barton Johnson, President, Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, The Reverse Mortgage Specialist

Download or read book Execution Excellence written by Sanjiv Anand and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hands-on guidebook for making your strategy work with effective Balanced Scorecard design, deployment, and maintenance Execution Excellence is the practitioner's guide to real-world implementation. Designed by a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) thought leader with 30 years of experience and over 300 global implementations under his belt across a range of industry sectors, this guide gives you a hands-on framework for putting the BSC methodology into action. Clear, concise, and easy to read, this book skips the theoretical exposition to get right to the point—how can companies use BSC to effectively deploy strategy and drive individual and enterprise performance? You'll find the answers here. The discussion outlines the ways in which firms commonly fail in implementing BSC. These failures can be traced back to common design and implementation flaws: making the process too complicated and focusing on the BSC process rather than the outcome. The discussion will also cover design optimization across a range of key industry sectors. You'll gain expert insight into avoiding these missteps and the practical tools and perspective you need to implement BSC correctly the first time. While the Balanced Scorecard framework is widely accepted and praised, about half of firms that implement it fail to realize the full benefits. The fault lies not with the framework, but with the design, and more importantly—execution. This book gives you the information and tools you need to adopt BSC successfully. Design a BSC that truly and simply reflects your strategy Customize the BSC to reflect your industry's uniqueness Define clear measurements and ownership that suit your strategy Develop a framework for efficient data collection and reporting Implement effective reviews to keep your business on track Use your Balanced Scorecard data to close performance gaps Developed in the early 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard framework has been recognized as one of the most seminal business ideas in the last 75 years. Thousands of companies around the world use BSC to create and maintain a performance-oriented enterprise, yet just as many try and fail. Execution Excellence shows you what you need to know and do to become a BSC success story.

Download or read book Performance Measurement from the Intellectual Capital Perspective A theoretical approach through a groupware based intranet application written by Vincenz M. Behn and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2001-10-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diploma Thesis from the year 2000 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Miscellaneous, grade: 1 (A), University of Paderborn (Institute for Economics), course: International Business Studies, language: English, abstract: Introduction The transformation from the industrial age to the information age(1) or knowledge society(2) represents a time of great change for business organizations as well as for individuals. Service industries replace manufacturing industries and the traditional factors of production: land, labor, and capital are replaced by intellectual assets as the scarce resources. “If there is one distinguishing feature of the new economy that has developed as a result of powerful forces such as global competition, it is the ascendancy of intellectual capital.”(3) Intellectual capital (IC) and its measurement is the main topic of this research project. The declining importance of physical assets as well as the quest for shareholder value creation have made the performance evaluation of companies that used to be solely based on financial figures inadequate. For information age companies it is essential to value performance beyond quantitative measures.(4) Practitioners like Security Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Steven Wallmann as well as academics like New York University’s Stern School of Business accounting professor Baruch Lev stress the current accounting model’s bias towards physical assets and emphasize the necessity of incorporating non-financial measures to evaluate organizational performance.(5) The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a performance management and measurement system that fulfills this criterion. In addition to the traditional Financial Perspective, the BSC measures performance from the Customer Perspective, the Internal Business Process Perspective, and the Learning and Growth Perspective, thereby functioning as a tool to navigate businesses in a competitive environment that is growing more and more complex. The aim of the thesis is to illustrate how the BSC can be used as a strategic management system that places a strong focus on IC and its measurement. Furthermore, it will be analyzed how information technology (IT) can be used to facilitate a BSC and its implementation. [...] ______ 1 Stewart (1997): p. 3 2 Drucker (1996): p. 67 3 Bontis (1998): p. 64 4 Eccles (1991): p. 131 5 Lev (1997): p. 1; Wallman (1997): p. 104

Download or read book Balanced Scorecard Solving All Problems of Traditional Accounting Systems written by Khanh Pham-Gia and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a modern management tool for performance measurement and was developed in the early 1990s to overcome the limitations of managing only with financial measures. The BSC supports translating organization's strategy into action by defining specific goals and objectives associated with the organization's vision, providing measures, and indicating initiatives to reach those goals. It helps to solve a big problem in the practice, namely the strategy concept is often brilliant but the realizations fail. The aim of this study is to analyze whether the Balanced Scorecard can solve all problems of traditional accounting systems. To answer this question, firstly, typical problems of traditional accounting systems are studied. Afterwards, the basic concept as well as benefits and drawbacks of BSC are viewed into details. Finally, the limits and difficulties of BSC realization in practice and initiates to avoid the pitfalls are illuminated.