“If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” (Lord Kelvin)
The Balanced Scorecard, or BSC, is a strategy performance management tool that helps managers to put in balance four main perspectives (the customer’s perspective, the company’s internal perspective, as well as innovation and improvement). Also, it encourages them to focus on complex cause and effect relationships and on developing a systemic aligned strategy.
Google has a great recruiting culture. And in order to attract their employees, they use more than a good payment and some benefits. Their practices in this matter impact more than just the HR strategy on the short term: it affects the entire organization, on the long term.
Measurement is fundamental if not vital in every organization. Constant use of metrics ensures a good development and guarantees great outcomes. In healthcare, measurements are being performed daily, by healthcare providers and patients altogether. The central point and target of measurements in healthcare is represented by patients.
Who sustains this? The Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), a wholly-owned company of the Government of Dubai, which develops downstream and upstream activities in the oil and gas sector. Saeed Khoory, Chief Executive Officer at ENOC, asserts that “ENOC’s name will become synonymous with industry best practices across multiple industries and markets.” How is this going to happen? Through the right performance management approach.
The rise of the internet has led to the birth of the most prolific marketing stage in history: social media. Different from its predecessors by its vast reach, usability and availability, social media has changed the worldwide marketing stage. Any company has the ability to promote its products or services and more importantly, its brand, on a global stage instead of a national or regional one.
