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Essentials of balanced scorecard
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Essentials series
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Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2004
ISBN:
9780471569732

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Summary

Balanced scorecard is a widely recognised and accepted performance measurement tool that is currently used in thousands of organisations around the world. This book will help to implement the organisations' balanced scorecard strategies into action by defining performance objectives, measures, and targets in four linked and balanced perspectives: Financial, Customer, Internal Process, and Employee Learning and Growth.
* Explains what balanced scorecard is and addresses the challenges and solutions for its implementation.
* Addresses the concerns of the mid to small corporation as well as the emerging business
* Each chapter provides tips and techniques as well as real world examples


Author Notes

Mohan Nair is CEO of Emerge Inc. Nair has founded two companies, a venture capital firm, and has taken high-profile executive roles in four high-technology companies. Most recently, Nair served as Director, President, and Chief Operating Officer of ABC Technologies. He serves on several nonprofit boards. For seven years, he taught as an adjunct professor at J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University of Chicago, and his articles have appeared in numerous publications including Byte Magazine, The Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, and The Journal of Cost and Performance Management. A highly requested speaker, Nair has been profiled or quoted in Forbes, Industry Week, Business Finance, and CNBC-Asia


Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
1 Overviewp. 1
2 What Is Balanced Scorecard?p. 13
3 From Management to Performance Managementp. 33
4 Mission, Vision, Values: The Precursor to Balanced Scorecardp. 59
5 Six Success Factors to Implementing Balanced Scorecardp. 77
6 Success Factor One: Understand Selfp. 87
7 Success Factor Two: Understand the Balanced Scorecard Learning Cyclep. 113
8 Success Factor Three: Know the Road Map for Implementationp. 131
9 Success Factor Four: Treat Balanced Scorecard as a Projectp. 157
10 Success Factor Five: Use Technology as an Enablerp. 171
11 Success Factor Six: Cascade the Scorecardp. 193
12 Eleven Deadly Sins of Balanced Scorecardp. 207
13 The Ultimate Partnership: Balanced Scorecard and Performance Managementp. 217
Endnotesp. 227
Glossaryp. 233
Suggested Readingsp. 237
Appendix Informational Web Sites and Sample Vendor Listp. 239
Indexp. 241