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Title: Harvard Business Review on Measuring Corporate Performance (Harvard Business Review Series) by Peter F. Drucker, Joseph A. Ness, Thomas G. Cucuzza, Robert Simons, Antonlo Dbvlla, Robert Kaplan, David Norton, Robert G. Eccles ISBN: 0-87584-882-6 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good compilation of articles - but repeat information
Comment: If you have read The Essential Drucker, Balanced scorecard etc. , the book essentially has the same information repeated under a different title. Recommend Essential Drucker, Balanced Score card which is more comprehensive than this title.
Rating: 4
Summary: The ABC's of Balancing Your Scorecard...
Comment: This collection of eight articles from the HBR is a must IF AND ONLY IF you want the only highlights of some of the new management tools and theories out there. If you've ever wondered what Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is or what Kaplan's "Balanced Scorecard" is all about, this may be just the introductory text for you. I mention these two tools first since 2 out of 8 articles deal with ABC, either in whole or in part, while another 3 deal specifically with the balanced scorecard. So, if you've got ABC and the balanced scorecard already firmly laid out in your head, this may be a bit redundant.
The remaining three articles are still worth a quick read though. I found in one article, "How the Right Measures Help Teams Excel," ideas that I hadn't seen anywhere else (for example, the team "dashboard"). And, the "How High is Your Return on Management?" article might give managers a moment of reflection on whether or not they have a good ROM and what they can do to improve it.
As I stated before, much of this is merely highlights though. Do not expect to be able to use this book as a primary source to implement any of the measures. It's a tease that gets you excited (at least it did me), but doesn't provide much of a game plan for bringing it all about.
Still, if what you want is a quick overview and a few case studies where these principles and tools have been applied, by all means, read this. It's worth at least that much.
Rating: 5
Summary: THIS BOOK MEASURES UP TO THE BEST ON THIS SUBJECT.
Comment: Looking for some informative, original and clear thinking about measuring performance? This book is a great choice! This is a collection of eight outstanding articles selected from past editions of the HBR. The articles cover such subjects as activity-based costing, the use of nonfinancial criteria, and tools executives require to generate the information needed. Each article begins with an executive summary which, for the fast-forward crowd, is a big plus.
So many books are merely ONE GOOD ARTICLE embedded in a thicket of verbiage. Chopping away through such a jungle of verbosity for the gist-of-it-all often proves tedious and disappointing. (Blessed are the laconic!) This book, on the other hand, just serves up a bunch of 'gists' -the pure meat and potatoes of ideas. Happily, the HBSP has published several other collections of this sort on such topics as knowledge management, change, and strategies for growth. Each of these is collection of first-rate 'gists'. Reviewed by Gerry Stern, founder, Stern & Associates, author of Stern's Sourcefinder The Master Directory to HR and Business Management Information & Resources, Stern's CyberSpace SourceFinder, and the Compensation and Benefits SourceFinder.
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Title: The Basics of Performance Measurement by Jerry L. Harbour ISBN: 0527763284 Publisher: Productivity Inc. Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton ISBN: 0875846513 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton ISBN: 1578512506 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step: Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Results by Paul R. Niven ISBN: 0471078727 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Harvard Business Review on Strategies for Growth (Harvard Business Review Series) by Harvard Buisness Review, Harvard Business Review ISBN: 0875848850 Publisher: Harvard Business School Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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