Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step

Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Results

by Paul R. Niven

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002

ISBN: 9780471078722
Pages: 334

Category: Strategy

In this summary you will learn

• The basic principles of the Balanced Scorecard, a performance-measurement and management strategy
• The major impediments to strategic execution
• How to craft and implement a Balanced Scorecard program for your organization

Why you should read Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step

In Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step, Paul R. Niven expands upon the balanced scorecard methodology he originally developed with Dave Norton 10 years earlier. Balanced Scorecard is designed to focus an entire organization on implementing and improving its strategy. In this book, Niven puts the Balanced Scorecard approach into practice, focusing on the details of implementation and the role of leadership in establishing and maintaining the program. getAbstract.com recommends this book for any executive looking for nuts-and-bolts knowledge about a performance measurement system that grew into a comprehensive management philosophy.

About the Author

Paul R. Niven  is a management consultant and noted speaker on the subjects of Performance Management and the Balanced Scorecard. As both a practitioner and consultant, he has developed successful Performance Management systems for large and small clients in a wide variety of organizations, including Fortune 1000 companies, public sector and not-for-profit companies.

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