Conceptual Foundations of the Balanced Scorecard Robert S. Kaplan Working Paper 10-074 Copyright © 2010 by Robert S. Kaplan Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. Conceptual Foundations of the Balanced Scorecard1 Robert S. Kaplan Harvard Business School, Harvard University 1 Paper
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2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Application TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations Organizational Profile i Responses Addressing All Criteria Items Category 1: Leadership 1 Category 2: Strategic Planning 6 Category 3: Customer Focus 10 Category 4: Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management 14 Category 5: Workforce Focus 18 Category 6: Process Management 23 Category 7: Results 7.1: Best Quality (Healthcare Outcomes)
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CHAPTER 11 • The marketing mix o Marketing mix is the blend of the four strategy elements—product, distribution, promotion, and price—to satisfy the target market o Other variables of the marketing mix—distribution channels, promotional plans, and pricing decisions—must accommodate the strategy selected o Marketers develop strategies to promote both tangible goods and intangible services ▪ Any strategy begins with investigation, analysis, and selection
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360 Degree Feedback An evaluation method that provides each employee the opportunity to receive performance feedback from his or her supervisor and four to eight peers, reporting staff members, co-workers and customers. ABE - Adult Basic Education Adult Basic Education Accreditation Certification by a duly recognized body of the facilities, capability, objectivity, competence, and integrity of an agency, service or operational group or individual to provide the specific
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Process Management (Evaluate) Please use the following 6 criteria to evaluate the attached paper on Human Resource and hiring process at HFHS. Also check for grammar and punctuation including structure of the paper. Corrected grammar and punctuation in original document I attached. I am using that to enter the evaluation information you requested. 1) Provide background information on the organization, why the process was selected for study, and the approach used to complete this assignment
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Case Analysis: Federal Express Introduction Federal Express is an express transportation company, founded in 1973 by Frederick W. Smith. During his college years, he recognized that the United States was becoming a service-oriented economy and needed a reliable, overnight delivery service company designed to solely transport packages and documents. He wrote a Yale term paper on this idea, and received a ‘C’. His professor thought it would never work. Fortunately for Frederick Smith, he didn’t
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1. Total Quality Management / TQM: Total Quality Management is an integrative philosophy of management for continuously improving the quality of products and processes. TQM is based on the premise that the quality of products and processes is the responsibility of everyone involved with the creation or consumption of the products or services offered by an organization, requiring the involvement of management, workforce, suppliers, and customers, to meet or exceed customer
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BALANCE SCORECARD INTRODUCTION: A Conceptual Framework for Managing Lodging Brands: A Balanced-Scorecard Approach Abstract: The issue of brand management remains a formidable challenge for lodging organizations and lodging brand managers. This challenge is partly due to the fact that effective brand management requires an all-inclusive and comprehensive organizational approach. This paper proposes a framework that uses the balance scorecard (BSC) as the basis for brand management. The framework
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