A Closer Look Into The Balanced Scorecard Concept

A Closer Look Into The Balanced Scorecard Concept

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It is quite important the measure the performance of a company. Through performance evaluations, chief executives and managers are able to see in which areas is the company doing well and which areas need improvement. Through such evaluations, the necessary improvements can also be prioritized. There are many ways to measure the performance of a company. However, one of the most popular and well-developed methods is what we more commonly refer to as the balanced scorecard concept. This is not a new concept at all - it has been around for more than a decade now but it has only been recently that it has been given more attention.

There are several kinds of performance evaluation systems that companies can use in assessing how well or how bad they are doing. The major ones include activity-based costing and management, customer value analysis or customer relationship management, economic value added or EVA method, the balanced scorecard concept or BSC, and the performance prism. Among all these, the BSC appears to be the most popular and effective.

The balanced scorecard concept makes use of several different perspectives in pinpointing performance measures that are leading, and those that are lagging. This concept takes several indicators into account, including customer satisfaction, employee competency development, new product development, on-time delivery, profitability, and revenue growth.

The world over, companies are starting to adopt this concept because it allows them to align all levels of human resources into a single strategy. In this way, the strategy that each and every member of the organization is aiming for can be executed more successful. And in turn, the company is able to effectively and successfully reach its goals and objectives, and thereby turning the vision into a reality, and allowing the company to truly accomplish its mission.

Through the balanced scorecard concept, performance is measured from four major perspectives: financial, internal business, innovation and learning, and customer. And in turn, it leads to the development of a report that is able to analyze the performance of the company from each of these perspectives, and how the performance of different groups from each of these perspectives is affecting the others. Indeed, this approach to evaluating performance enables the company to have a full view of the different elements in the organization that affects performance - may the company be failing or succeeding in its goals. And more importantly, this concept allows companies to develop the necessary plans to improve their performance and become more successful in their efforts.


About the Author:
CMOE has been helping companies with digital scorecardand team building since 1978. Through balanced scorecard and other innovative business techniques CMOE has established themselves a leader in the business world. Visit www.cmoe.com for more information.



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