Balanced Scorecard

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According to the Balanced Scorecards.com[1], the Balanced Scorecard is a management system. It’s a way of looking at your organization that focuses on your big-picture strategic goals. It also helps you choose the right things to measure so that you can reach those goals.Traditionally, companies have judged their health by how much money they make. Financial measures are definitely important, but they only give you part of the picture. They focus on the short-term, and you’re trying to build an organization to stand the test of time. The name “balanced scorecard” comes from the idea of looking at strategic measures in addition to traditional financial measures to get a more “balanced” view of performance.

It’s this focus on both high-level strategy and low-level measures that sets the balanced scorecard apart from other performance management methodologies. It takes your big, fuzzy strategic vision and breaks it down into specific, actionable steps to take on a day-to-day basis.

BSCs are used extensively in business and industry, government, and nonprofit organizations worldwide. Gartner Group suggests that over 50% of large US firms have adopted the BSC. More than half of major companies in the US, Europe, and Asia are using the BSC, with use growing in those areas as well as in the Middle East and Africa. A recent global study by Bain & Co listed balanced scorecard fifth on its top ten most widely used management tools around the world, a list that includes closely-related strategic planning at number one. BSC has also been selected by the editors of Harvard Business Review as one of the most influential business ideas of the past 75 years.[2]

Our Practices

In Pustaka Negeri Sarawak (Pustaka), the concept of themes is introduced to encompasses the four traditional perspectives in the Balanced Scorecards (BSC). The following figure illustrates this concept:


References

  1. Balanced Scorecards.com 'What is the Balanced Scorecards.' Retrieved April 02, 2019.
  2. Balanced Scorecard.org 'Who Uses the Balanced Scorecards (BSC)?' Retrieved April 02, 2019.