Balanced Scorecard Strategy For Dummies
Chapter One
Goals, Scores, and the
Balanced Scorecard
In This Chapter
* Defining Balanced Scorecard and the issues surrounding it
* Forming the four legs of a Balanced Scorecard
* Incorporating dashboards to get continuous feedback for success
An old saying goes something like this: If you're not keeping score, you're
just practicing. If you ask us, truer words were never spoken - especially
in today's topsy-turvy business world. To make (and keep) your business a
success, you need to not only keep score, but also predict your score in advance
by setting goals and then achieving them on a consistent basis. And we're not
talking about easy-to-achieve goals and scores. No! We're talking about goals
that stretch your imagination and push your creativity and ingenuity to the
limits - as well as the creativity and ingenuity of your employees.
Can you imagine what the people working at NASA in the 1960s thought when
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