Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Each chapter defines the objective, the context and the challenge—and then what success looks like and the pitfalls you might encounter. There are a number of ways to get the answers to these questions. Max McKeown has created a strategy reference work – The Strategy Book – to guide you to the answers. Well thought out and helpful.

Strategy 280

Strategy Books Balanced Scorecard Mauborgne 280

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. Translate the Strategy: define strategic objectives and themes; select measures and targets; select strategic initiatives.

System 98

System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 98

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. Translate the Strategy: define strategic objectives and themes; select measures and targets; select strategic initiatives.

System 85

System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 85

Six Disciplines

APRIL 4, 2011

Developed at the Harvard Business School by David Norton and Robert Kaplan in the early 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) represents the newest and most prolific performance measurement system since Total Quality Management (TQM) and Management by Objectives (MBO).

Balanced Scorecard 101

Balanced Scorecard MBO TQM Norton 101

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution. They need to understand that managing strategy is managing change and they may need to be the change agent. Align the organization.

Balanced Scorecard 98

Balanced Scorecard Kaplan Strategy Norton 98

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution. They need to understand that managing strategy is managing change and they may need to be the change agent. Align the organization.

Balanced Scorecard 85

Balanced Scorecard Kaplan Strategy Norton 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 13, 2011

Levers of Organization Design: How Managers Use Accountability Systems for Greater Performance and Commitment Robert Simons Harvard Business Press (2005) Eloquent and Essential Practicality Unlike subtitles of so many other recently published business books, the one for Levers of Organization Design correctly identifies its author’s primary objective: (..)

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Organization Simon Books Review 89