Toyota Motor Corporation and TPS – champions of performance improvement

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on October 25, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Organisational performance

Today more than ever, Toyota continues to be studied by scholars and professionals that are interested to understand how a handful of people that formed the early Toyoda family succeeded in setting one of the one world’s greatest manufacturers. It took decades of hard work, innovation and a unique philosophy to turn what was first a small manufacturer of looms used in the textile industry into a champion in the more competitive and tough automotive global market.

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USA top hospitals ranking based on performance improvement

Written by Denisa Călin on October 21, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, KPI

The Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals: National Benchmarks is an annual, quantitative study dedicated to measuring performance across the industry, that identifies the best hospitals in USA, overall, as measured on the 100 Top Hospitals Balanced Scorecard.

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Gender diversity policy – an Australian banking industry perspective

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on October 18, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Individual Performance

According to a recent article published in several high rated Australian newspapers, „ the days of the bank boardrooms being the domain solely of suits and ties could soon be at an end” (Johnston and Bibby, 2010). This comes as a result of several banks such as Westpac and Commonwealth Bank who announced new policies to dramatically boost the number of women in management roles.

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Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard – insights from Harvard Business School Professor Robert Kaplan from his 2010 visit to Australia

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on October 4, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Balanced Scorecard

One of the leading international management thinkers, Professor Robert Kaplan from Harvard Business School made a visit in Australia in mid September 2010 to talk about the new developments in the field of strategic performance Management and Balanced Scorecard.

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Davis Cup playoff – a “real KPI” test for the Australian tennis squad

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on September 15, 2010. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Individual Performance

Tennis has become in the last decades an increasingly popular and competitive game throughout the world, mostly because of the increased media coverage and large money prizes that are nowadays in stake. In a recent article published in The Sydney Morning Herald announcing the upcoming Davis Cup playoffs, it is acknowledged that there has been an explosion of nations with talented players and that the tennis competitions have become much tougher than it was 20 years ago.

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