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Most organisations consist of multiple business and support units, each populated by highly trained, experienced executives. Robert samuel kaplan born 1940 is an american accounting academic, and emeritus. Gurus robert kaplan and david norton the economist. Kaplan is the marvin bower professor of leadership development at harvard business school. First, the good before kaplan and norton published this book there was no standardized method for framing and measuring whats important. Its objective is to translate an organizations mission and vision into actual operational actions strategic planning. Kaplan joined the hbs faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at carnegiemellon university. If you have not yet read strategy maps, the balanced scorecard and the strategyfocused organization, you should begin with those books before reading this one. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read strategy maps.
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