TY - BOOK AU - Niven, Paul R. TI - Balanced Scorecard step-by-step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies SN - 9780471423287 U1 - 658.3125 PY - 2003/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley, KW - Total quality management in government N1 - Includes index; Introduction to Performance Measurement and the Balanced Scorecard -- Adapting the Balanced Scorecard to Fit the Public and Nonprofit Sectors -- Pouring the Foundation for Balanced Scorecard Success -- Training and Communication Planning for Balanced Scorecard Success -- Mission, Values, and Vision -- Strategy: The Core of Every Balanced Scorecard -- A Balanced Scorecard within Your Performance Management Framework -- Developing Your Balanced Scorecard -- Developing Performance Objectives on a Strategy Map -- Performance Measures, Targets, and Initiatives -- Maximizing the Effectiveness of the Balanced Scorecard -- Creating Alignment by Cascading the Balanced Scorecard -- Linking Resource Allocation to the Balanced Scorecard -- Reporting Results -- The City of Charlotte: A Balanced Scorecard Success Story -- Sustaining Balanced Scorecard Success N2 - Hands-on guidelines for using the Balanced Scorecard within mission-driven organizations Today's insistence on demonstrated organizational performance is not limited to private-sector corporations. Public and nonprofit agencies are also finding that, as financial resources decrease and demand for results increases, they too must institute performance goals along with programs and processes to consistently progress toward those goals. Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies identifies the opportunities-and helps eliminate the obstacles-of bringing the popular and proven Balanced Scorecard approach to public and nonprofit organizations. This results-focused and practical book provides you with: Fundamentals of the Balanced Scorecard concept Advice on how to alter the "geography" of the balanced scorecard to fit public and nonprofit agencies Techniques for developing strategy maps and Balanced Scorecards throughout your organization Tools and templates to link the Balanced Scorecard with key management processes Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies outlines the very real benefits of the field-proven Balanced Scorecard approach, and details how it can be tailored to the unique requirements and realities of nonprofit and public-sector organizations. Let it show you how to use the Balanced Scorecard to help your organization dramatically improve operational and fiscal effectiveness-and better meet the needs of your stakeholders ER -