Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0471423289, Hardcover)

The Balanced Scorecard is the leading methodology for implementing performance management systems and improving efficiency. Focusing directly on the public and not-for-profit sectors, this book helps these organizations overcome the unique challenges they face when implementing a Balanced Scorecard. Guides government and nonprofit organizations through the implementation of a performance management system using the Balanced Scorecard. Authors bring a wealth of implementation knowledge and experience to this book, leading to hands-on, practical guidance and tips to that ensure success. Identifies and tackles head-on the serious obstacles unique to the world of government and nonprofits in implementing the balanced scorecard methodology. Includes action plans to walk the reader through specific implementation challenges.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0470180021, Hardcover)

"The Balanced Scorecard has risen to the performance measurement challenge of the private sector and is equally well-equipped to facilitate a rapid and dramatic transition of twenty-first-century nonprofit and public organizations." -from Chapter Two

The emphasis today on demonstrated organizational performance is not limited to private-sector corporations. Public and nonprofit agencies are also finding that, as financial resources decrease and demand for results increases, they too must institute performance goals along with programs and processes that consistently progress toward those goals. Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies, Second Edition empowers your organization to turn strategy into performance at every organizational level and translate your intangible resources such as innovation, customer relationships, and intellectual capital into real value.

Significantly updated and enhanced to reflect the latest theory and practice of performance management for the nonprofit and public sectors, this results-focused and practical book:

* Provides a "get-started" questionnaire for readers to assess their agency's readiness and get them started on implementation
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Includes all-new cases based on the author's experience implementing the Balanced Scorecard in the public and nonprofit sectors
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Offers completely revamped coverage of Strategy Maps with new sections on how to facilitate a Strategy Map session
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Introduces the Office of Strategy Management (OSM), a new and vitally important function that seamlessly integrates the worlds of strategy formation and execution
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Spans the entire spectrum of a Balanced Scorecard implementation
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Explains how to alter the "geography" of the Balanced Scorecard to fit public and nonprofit agencies

Public and nonprofit organizations are not immune to the tempest of change swirling about our modern world. Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies, Second Edition outlines the very real benefits of the field-proven Balanced Scorecard approach, and details how it can be tailored to the unique requirements and realities of nonprofit and public-sector organizations. Let it show you how to use the Balanced Scorecard to help your organization dramatically improve strategic and fiscal effectiveness-and better meet the needs of your stakeholders and board members.