scholarly journals How Effective is the Balanced Scorecard in Business Performance Evaluation of Hospitality Industry in Nigeria?

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor A. Umoh ◽  
Victoria S. Umana ◽  
Christiana B. Nsien
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard

Monitoring performance indicators in the Portuguese hospitality sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 790-811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luísa Ribeiro ◽  
Maria Luísa Vasconcelos ◽  
Fátima Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Hospitality Sector

PurposeThis article aims to analyze performance evaluation in the Portuguese hospitality sector. It assesses the frequency with which performance indicators are monitored, the relevance assigned to them and how the two are related. It further evaluates whether performance evaluation practices in the Portuguese hospitality sector are based on the balanced scorecard (BSC) philosophy.Design/methodology/approachThe study builds upon a doctoral research addressing the hospitality sector in Portugal. Theoretically, it resorts to a literature review on performance indicators and the Portuguese hospitality sector. Empirically, it looks at a sample of four- and five-star hotels operating in Portugal in 2012. A questionnaire addressing the four perspectives of BSC was applied, and a descriptive analysis was developed.FindingsPerformance indicators cover the four perspectives of BSC in a balanced way, which confirms its relevance as a strategic management tool. However, there is no coincidence between the performance indicators most frequently monitored and those considered to be most relevant.Practical implicationsThe study reviews/identifies performance indicators suitable for the hospitality sector and highlights ways to improve their use in the Portuguese hospitality sector.Social implicationsRedirecting the use of performance indicators to long-term objectives will benefit the financial results of the hospitality industry, with positive impacts on employment. This is particularly relevant as the hospitality industry is an activity strongly characterized by seasonality.Originality/valueThis is a descriptive study related to the use of indicators in the Portuguese hotel sector, to this date inexistent/innovative. It highlights the need for changes in the choice of performance indicators in the Portuguese hospitality sector and offers suggestions for future performance evaluation frameworks.

Design and planning of the balanced scorecard: A case study

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-227
Author(s):  
Ming-Hon Hwang ◽  
Hsin Rau
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Process Management ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Correct Process ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Strategy Planning ◽  
And Performance

In the industrial economy, evaluating company performance based on financial results was good enough. However, in the current globalized and highly competitive environment, maintaining long term competitiveness requires companies to engage in overall strategic planning and performance evaluation. The balanced scorecard is a tool or method for balancing an organization's performance and can react to situations where a company's direction becomes disoriented. This approach assists in strategy planning, process management, and performance evaluation from four perspectives, including financial, customer, internal process, and learning and growth. Good strategy planning provides companies with a correct management direction, correct process management ensures the efficient execution of plans, and correct performance evaluation illustrates the execution results. This study mainly focuses on how a large rubber company in Taiwan utilizes the balanced scorecard in its organization. As the technical perspective is important in the rubber keypad industry, besides the four above perspectives, this company has added the technical perspective. By introducing this company and its progress in implementing the balanced scorecard, this study hopes to provide other companies, especially rubber companies, with a planning direction and reference for the future implementation of the balanced scorecard.

IT, Business Processes & Performance

2010 ◽  
pp. 50-77
Author(s):  
Robert van Wessel
Keyword(s):  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
It Value ◽  
General Business ◽  
The Impact

This chapter describes literature about IT investments, and the impact of IT on the performance of a firm. The reason for this study is that effects of IT standards, which are an integral part of IT, will be investigated in several case studies. Supporting the case study analysis, a method will be adopted that is used to assess business performance from IT in general. Business performance in general can be assessed from different angles, such as financial performance, process performance and transaction performance. Literature from various disciplines shows the complexity of and the disagreement as regards measurement and description of business performance. However, it is generally accepted that these impacts can be assessed best at the intermediate level: that of business processes. After the introduction, literature dealing with IT value and business performance will be discussed. Then a specific method, the Balanced Scorecard, will be dealt with and an explanation is given why we used it in this research. This chapter concludes with a look at the concept of flexibility, as part of business performance, and what it means in relation to IT standards.

The Benefits of an E-Business Performance Measurement System

2011 ◽  
pp. 158-169
Author(s):  
David Barnes ◽  
Matthew Hinton
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Measurement System ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Performance Metrics ◽  
Performance Measurement System ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Performance Measurement Systems

This chapter investigates how organizations have been adapting their performance measurement practices in response to their adoption of e-business in their business operations. It aims to identify the features and benefits of an effective e-business performance measurement system. Twelve organizations known to have had some success in developing performance measurement systems suitable for the online environment were studied. The researchers found that these organizations adopted an incremental rather than a radical approach to changing their performance measurement system for e-business, thereby avoiding the costs and disruption associated with the introduction of more complex performance metrics. Secondly, they eschewed the use of best practice recipes (such as the balanced scorecard). The study concludes that although these results may be at odds with the prescriptive generic performance measurement literature, they may be appropriate for the current state of development of e-business.

Management of Large Balanced Scorecard Implementations

2001 ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
Peter Verleun ◽  
Egon Berghout ◽  
Maarten Looijen ◽  
Roel van Rijnback
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Measurement System ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Information Resource ◽  
Massive Data ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard

In this chapter, established information resource management theory is applied to improve the development and maintenance of large balanced scorecard implementations. The balanced scorecard has proved to be an effective tool for measuring business performance. Maintaining a business-wide balanced scorecard measurement system over a longer period implies, however, many risks. An example of such a risk is the excessive growth of scorecards as well as scorecard metrics, resulting in massive data warehouses and difficulties with the interpretation of data. This is particularly the case in large organisations. This chapter proposes balanced scorecard management framework that is illustrated with the experience gathered from the company-wide balanced scorecard implementation in the insurance company Nationale-Nederlanden in the Netherlands.

scholarly journals Using of the Balanced Scorecard for Performance Evaluation: Empirical Evidence from the Listed Corporations in the Palestine Exchange (PEX)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 215
Author(s):  
Raed Ibrahim Saad ◽  
Zahran Mohammad Ali Daraghma
Keyword(s):  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Process Indicators ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Growth Indicators

<p>This manuscript is aiming at testing the extent to which the listed Palestinian corporations in the Palestine Exchange (PEX) are using the four perspectives of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in evaluating the performance. In order to achieve the previous objective, this paper uses a questionnaire to investigate the opinions of the financial managers of the listed corporations in thePEX. In relation to the results of the distributed questionnaire forms, there are 37 questionnaire forms, where 32 questionnaire forms were returned (32 out of 37) which presents (86.5%). This study employs the descriptive statistics in order to state the outcomes. However, the findings of this paper state the following points: (1) The financial managers rely on the financial and customer perspectives for evaluating the performance of the listed corporations in thePEX. (2) The Palestinian listed corporations do not rely on the learning and growth indicators for measuring the performance. (3) The Palestinian listed corporations do not rely on the business process indicators for measuring the performance. (4) This paper concludes that the listed corporations in Palestine do not rely on theBSCindicators for measuring the performance in a correct and complete way.</p>Finally yet importantly, this manuscript strongly recommends the listed corporations in the PEX to adopt the BSC for evaluating the performance. It also recommends the Palestine Exchange to obligate the listed corporations to use the BSC as a tool for strategic planning and performance evaluation.

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