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Bernard Marr is a world-renowned futurist, influencer and thought leader in the fields of business and technology, with a passion for using technology for the good of humanity. He is a best-selling author of 20 books, writes a regular column for Forbes and advises and coaches many of the world’s best-known organisations. He has over 2 million social media followers, 1 million newsletter subscribers and was ranked by LinkedIn as one of the top 5 business influencers in the world and the No 1 influencer in the UK.

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Bernard Marr ist ein weltbekannter Futurist, Influencer und Vordenker in den Bereichen Wirtschaft und Technologie mit einer Leidenschaft für den Einsatz von Technologie zum Wohle der Menschheit. Er ist Bestsellerautor von 20 Büchern, schreibt eine regelmäßige Kolumne für Forbes und berät und coacht viele der weltweit bekanntesten Organisationen. Er hat über 2 Millionen Social-Media-Follower, 1 Million Newsletter-Abonnenten und wurde von LinkedIn als einer der Top-5-Business-Influencer der Welt und von Xing als Top Mind 2021 ausgezeichnet.

Bernards neueste Bücher sind ‘Künstliche Intelligenz im Unternehmen: Innovative Anwendungen in 50 Erfolgreichen Unternehmen’

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Balanced Scorecard: An Introduction

2 July 2021

Over recent years the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has evolved into one of the most popular strategic management tools. The BSC was developed by Robert Kaplan and David Norton in the early 1990s and initially positioned as a strategic performance measurement innovation to counteract the prevalent financial bias in existing performance measurement systems.

The initial idea of the Balanced Scorecard

The initial idea of the Balanced Scorecard was that financial measures are lag indicators, which when used in isolation, could lead to short-term thinking. To promote the long-term value creation it was suggested that the financial perspective of performance should be complemented with measures in three supplementary perspectives, namely customer perspective, internal business perspective, and innovation and learning perspective.

Repositioning the Balanced Scorecard

In 1996, the Balanced Scorecard was repositioned as a strategic management system and it was suggested that firms move away from presenting Balanced Scorecards in a four-box model. Instead it was suggested that firms create a strategy map as the visual representation of a company’s critical objectives and the cause-and-effect relationships among them.

Balanced Scorecard Today

Today, strategy maps are seen as vital components of a Balanced Scorecard as they allow firms to understand how their intangibles are converted into tangible outcomes.


Business Trends In Practice | Bernard Marr
Business Trends In Practice | Bernard Marr

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