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The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action
Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
Harvard Business School Press, 1996
Effective Strategic Management Tool
The book is a classic that has revolutionalised the way executives view their organizations, be it a for profit or not-for-profit entity. The Balanced Scorecard, an approach to strategic management that was developed by Robert S Kaplan and David P Norton, is a concept ...
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Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes
Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
Harvard Business School Press, 2004
A well-written source on mapping strategy
This is a comprehensive book on the concept of strategy mapping. It deals with strategy maps as a tool for communicating an organization's vision enterprise-wide in order to enable its better implementation. The book covers the subject in a very detailed but ...
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Eating Mindfully: How to End Mindless Eating and Enjoy a Balanced Relationship with Food
Susan Albers
New Harbinger Publications, 2003
I saw this book in O Oprah Magazine
What a wonderful, compassionate and helpful guide! I've run across this book in several places but I finally broke down and bought it when I saw it in Oprah Magazine. I'm glad I did. It was different than the other diet books I've bought. It was insightful, easy to ...
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The Edge Effect: Achieve Total Health and Longevity with the Balanced Brain Advantage
Eric R. Braverman
Sterling, 2005
Get Ur Brain Balanced-- and get to where you wanna be!!
I can't believe there aren't more rave reviews here. I had to jump up and down when I realized that 10 years of discomfort, allergies, forgetfulness, and other annoying symptoms had a chance to finally be resolved.
Of course, one cannot make any medical claims. ...
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The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment
Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
Harvard Business School Press, 2000
Highly Recommended!
The fact that executives keep trying new strategic initiatives despite their abysmal rate of failure is, like second marriages, a triumph of hope over experience. Or, it may indicate just how much pressure top managers face to improve their profits. By one estimate, ...
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Balanced Scorecard: Step-by-Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies
Paul R. Niven
Wiley, 2008
How to tweak the standard model Balanced Scorecard for nonprofit and government organizations
Managers face competing interests in running a company. Their compensation programs are set to try and focus their performance, but if it is only set on revenue the company might end up losing money while paying the top executives big performance bonuses. If it is on ...
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Balanced Scorecard Step-by-Step: Maximizing Performance and Maintaining Results
Paul R. Niven
Wiley, 2006
High Marks for a Balance Scorecard
Truely a good strategic book for any organization. This book covers graduate theory and explains well in details; taking you step by step in the Scorecard practices.
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Raising Boys: Why Boys Are Different - And How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men
Steve Biddulph
Celestial Arts, 2008
This is a great book for understanding boys
I bought this book because it became clear to me that I do not understand my 3 year old son and I realized it would only become worse as he grew older if I didn't at least try to figure out what is going on from his perspective.
I think that this book really tells ...
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Six Disciplines® Execution Revolution: Solving the One Business Problem That Makes Solving All Other Problems ...
Gary Harpst
Six Disciplines Publishing, 2008
Planning and Execution
While the ultimate message put forth in this book is about executing your plans and how to go about that, it is very much based on what needs to be done first - and that is Planning, Goal-Setting. Without this foundation in place first, any actions in business will be ...
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Literacy for the 21st Century: A Balanced Approach (4th Edition)
Gail E. Tompkins
Prentice Hall, 2005
good review
I needed this book for class. It was cheap and came on time in really good condition.
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Eating for Lower Cholesterol: A Balanced Approach to Heart Health with Recipes Everyone Will Love
Catherine Jones
Da Capo Press, 2005
My #1 cookbook right now
I have loved all the recipes so far. Recipes use some of the same ingredients so that you don't have to spend tons of money. Nice information sections of foods to stay away from and why. I feel heart healthier already.
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Eat Papayas Naked: The Ph Balanced Diet for Super Health And Glowing Beauty
Susan Lark
Silverback Books Inc, 2005
Innovative and delicious
This book is chock full of reliably delicious recipes which are composed of ingredients that so many of us are trying to incorporate into our diets. The dishes induce a feeling of satiety and health as they please your palate. Recipes are not difficult at all, nor ...
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The Integrated Enterprise Excellence System: An Enhanced, Unified Approach to Balanced Scorecards, Strategic ...
Forrest W. Breyfogle III
Bridgeway Books, 2008
A powerful statement of today's Business NEEDS!
Forrest has written yet another thought provoking book. With his original book Implementing Six Sigma he set the stage at which the Six Sigma world would baseline "How it is done". Now he has set off with a series of new books which will open the door to looking at ...
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Alignment: Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Corporate Synergies
Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton
Harvard Business School Press, 2006
Their most important book thus far....
After their article "The Balanced Scorecard - Measures That Drive Performance" appeared in Harvard Business Review" (January-February, 1992), Kaplan and Norton co-authored four books in which they expand and fine-tune several of their core concepts about the Balanced ...
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A Balanced Life: 9 Strategies for Coping with the Mental Health Problems of a Loved One
Tom Smith
Hazelden, 2008
The ultimate goal of those with a mental disorder and the people who love them is balance: emotional, mental, spiritual, and behavioral. Yet, living with and responding to a mentally ill person often leads to the chaos of a relationship where the rules change, the dynamics are volatile, and the expectations are unanchored. In readable, ...
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