Performance Management in the Central Bank of Nigeria – Interview from the BSC Forum Dubai 2011

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on June 9, 2011. Posted in Around the world, Balanced Scorecard, Interviews, Practitioners

smartKPIs.com, media partner at the Balanced Scorecard Forum Dubai 2011, has conducted a series of interviews reflecting the use of Balanced Scorecard in organizations and its evolution during its 20 years of existence. One of the interviews conducted by the smartKPIs.com team present at the Balanced Scorecard Forum Dubai 2011 refers to how Performance Management is perceived and done within the Central Bank of Nigeria. The person interviewed is Mr. Walter Ahrey, Director Strategy and Performance at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

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Performance Insights: Corporate Philosophy in Japanese companies

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on June 8, 2011. Posted in Around the world, Editorials, Organisational performance

As I review organizational identities, I found it interesting that the Corporate / Company Philosophy is often used by Japanese companies as a tool to present corporate identities. On Japanese companies’ websites, this term appears much more frequent than tools such as Values, Vision, Mission . Comparatively, this concept is seldom seen on company websites from other parts of the world.

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Australian manufacturing industry contraction: highlights from the April 2011 Australian PMI

Written by Adelina Chelniciuc on June 6, 2011. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Organisational performance

According to the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the manufacturing industry in Australia is on a contraction trend, with the Australian Performance Manufacturing Index (PMI) below 50 points in April 2011 (which is the level separating expansion from contraction).

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The role of HR as a strategic partner – Deutsche Telekom HR case study

Written by Denisa Călin on June 2, 2011. Posted in Around the world, Articles, Individual Performance

One of the most common challenges that HR managers may face nowadays is placing HR as a strategic partner at the decision round-table. Proving the value added brought by HR in an organization is no easy task for HR managers. However, this blog post will analyze the Deutsche Telekom HR strategy and how it aligns with the business coordinates.