Saturday, December 15, 2018

COMPARISON BETWEEN TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND BALANCE SCORE CARD


´COMPARISON BETWEEN TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND BALANCE SCORE CARD

´  ACCOUNTING FOR MANAGERIAL DECISIONS
´  TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
´  IT IS CONCERNED ONLY WITH THE MEASUREMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
´  SOLELY FOCUS ONLY ON THE BASIS OF INTERNAL ACCOUNTING REPORTS SUCH AS PROFITABILITY,REVENUE,RETURN ON ASSETS AND ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED ETC.
´  THESE MEASURE ARE KNOW AS LAG INDICATORS AS THEY REFLECT PAST FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE.
´  TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE WHICH MAINLY FOCUSES ON FINANCIAL MEASURES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT AND APPROPRIATE IN THIS DYNAMIC AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

´  LIMITATION OF TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
A.    DECISIONS ARE  FOR INCREASING SHORT TERM PROFITS BY SACRIFICING LONG TERM VALUE CREATION. COST REDUCTION CAN IMPROVED BY SACRIFICING QUALITY
B.    .IN THE CHANGING SCENARIO,THESE MEASURES DO NOT MEASURE THE INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND HISTORICAL
C.    ARE NOT LINKED TO ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY BECAUSE STRATEGY IS LINKED WITH ACHIEVING LONG TERM GOALS.
D.    IT MEASURE PAST PERFORMANCE BUT NOT THINKING TO LINK IT WITH IMPROVING FUTURE RESULT
E.     IT DOES NOT ADDRESS INTENSIVE COMPETITIVE RIVALRY AND IGNORE THE NEED OF FLEXIBILITY OF THE ORGANIZATION
F.     IN MODERN ENVIRONMENT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SHOULD BE ALIGNED WITH SHORT TERM ACTIONS WITH LONG RUN GOALS SUCH AS CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP,EMPLOYEE AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY ARE CRITICAL FOR SUCCESS

´  BALANCE SCORE CARD
´  THE NEED FOR AN APPROPRIATE MIX OF SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM FINANCIAL AND NON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES LED TO A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT KNOWN AS THE BALANCE SCORE CARD.IT ADDRESSES THE WEAKNESSES OF THE TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT.
´  ADDED STRATEGIC NON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE METRIC TO TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL METRIC PROVIDING A BALANCED  VIEW OF AN ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE.
´  IT SHOWS THE CHANGES IN THE MODERN COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE INTANGIBLE ASSETS THAT HAVE MAJOR SOURCE OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
´  DEVELOPED BY DR. ROBERT KAPLAN AND DAVID NORTON
´  IT IS A MGMT. SYSTEM ENABLE ORGANIZATION TO CLARIFY THEIR VISION AND STRATEGY AND TRANSLATE THEM INTO ACTION.
´  BALANCED SCORECARD IS A SET OF  FINANCIAL AND NON FINANCIAL MEASURES RELATING TO COMPANY’S CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS. IT IS A TOOL OF MGMT. WHICH HELPS COMPANIES TO ASSESS OVERALL PERFORMANCE, IMPROVE OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE, ENABLE MGMT. TO INTRODUCE AND IMPLEMENT BETTER PLANS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
´  CONCEPT
´  ACCORDING TO KAPLAN AND NORTON, “ THE BALANCE SCORE CARD RETAINS TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES. BUT FINANCIAL MEASURES TELL THE STORY OF PAST EVENTS, AN ADEQUATE STORY FOR INDUSTRIAL AGE COMPANIES FOR WHICH INVESTMENTS IN LONG TERM CAPABILITIES AND CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP WERE NOT CRITICAL FOR SUCCESS. THESE FINANCIAL MEASURES ARE ADEQUATE, HOWEVER FOR GUIDING AND EVALUATING THE JOURNEY THAT INFORMATION AGE COMPANIES MUST MAKE TO CREATE FUTURES VALUE THROUGH INVESTMENT IN CUSTOMERS,SUPPLIERS,EMPLOYEES,PROCESSES,TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.
´  FEATURES
1.     IT IS TOP DOWN REFLECTION OF THE COMPANY’S MISSION AND STRATEGY
2.     IT IS FORWARD LOOKING. ADDRESSES PRESENT AND PAST ISSUES
3.     INTEGRATION OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL MEASURES
´  COMPONENT OF BALANCE SCORE CARD
´  A WELL DESIGNED BALANCE SCORECARD IS A COMBINATION OF FINANCIAL MEASURES OF PAST PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH FIRM’S MEASURES OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE. THE OBJECTIVES AND MEASURES OF AN ORGANIZATION BALANCE SCORE CARD ARE DERIVED FROM FIRM’S VISION AND STRATEGY. THE MAIN PURPOSE  IS TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSLATION OF FIRM’S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES INTO A SET OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES,
´  COMPONENTS OF BALANCE SCORE CARD ARE :
1.     FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE
2.     THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
3.     THE BUSINESS PROCESS PERSPECTIVE
4.     LEARNING AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE
·         THE FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE
1.     VIEWS OF OWNERS, INVESTORS AND LENDERS
2.     MEASUREMENT OF THE RESULTS
·         THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE
A.    HOW THE BUSINESS IS VIEWED BY THE CUSTOMER
B.    MEASUREMENT AND REFLECTION OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
·         THE BUSINESS PROCESS PERSPECTIVE
1.     RELATED TO INTERNAL WORKING OF THE ORGANIZATION
2.     FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE KEY INTERNAL PROCESS
3.     VIEWED FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES ,THE PERFORMANCE OF EACH SPECIFIC PROCESS

·         THE LEARNING AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE
1.     MEASURE OF POTENTIAL FUTURE PERFORMANCE
2.     EFFORTS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVEMENT
3.     IMPROVEMENT IN THE SYSTEM STRUCTURES
4.     TRAINING INITIATIVES
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SUPERIORITY OF BALANCE SCORECARD OVER TRADITIONAL MEASURES
1)    COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS
2)    FOCUSED ON STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE AND CREATION OF VALUE
3)    INTEGRATION OF FINANCIAL AND NON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
4)    BETTER COMMUNICATION OF BUSINESS GOALS AND STRATEGIES
5)    PRESENTS HIERARCHICAL,LINKED AND MULTI PERSPECTIVE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
6)    TOOL FOR IDENTIFICATION OF VALUE DRIVERS
7)    STRATEGIC FEED BACK AND LEARNING



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