ROBERT S. KAPLAN (see bio)
Professor of Leadership Development, Harvard Business School & Co-Architect of "The Balanced Scorecard"

ACHIEVING BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN CHALLENGING TIMES - Strategic Management for Growth & Profitability

A one-day seminar for Corporate Executives

Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Kingston
Tuesday, December 9, 2003

Sponsored By:
Jamaica National Building Society (Platinum)
National Commercial Bank (Gold)

Special Offer
   Register and pay before October 31 and save US$75.00
   First 20 participants to register and pay get a complimentary copy of "The Balanced Scorecard"

THE BALANCED SCORECARD
A "Blueprint for Turning Strategy Into Action"

To maintain competitiveness and increase earnings in a challenging global economic environment, successful corporate leaders are moving away from traditional performance management systems built around the annual budget or operational plan. Instead, they are opting for strategic enterprise management to transform their organisations, achieving dramatic results for overall corporate performance and staff morale.

Many of these companies have adopted the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), developed in 1992 by Robert S. Kaplan, Professor of Leadership Development, Harvard Business School and his partner, Dr. David P. Norton, President, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative. The Harvard Business Review describes the BSC as the most influential management concept in the past 75 years.

BSC BENEFITS

   Aligns the organization and its resources around a common strategy and a shared vision
   Promotes teamwork
   Mobilizes employees at all levels of the organization in the planning and execution of strategic objectives, as well as the monitoring of performance targets and problem solving
   Makes strategy a continuous process that is constantly reviewed and modified, based on experience
   Defines the role of each employee and department and the expected outcomes
   Fosters a culture of consistent workplace communication to stimulate employee awareness, win support and create a strategy-focussed organization, geared to adapt to the changing business environment.

SEMINAR PROGRAMME click here (requires Acrobat reader)

ABOUT ROBERT S. KAPLAN

The Martin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the prestigious Harvard Business School, USA, Professor Robert Kaplan has served on the Harvard Faculty for 18 years. Prior to that, he held various positions at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration (GSIA), Carnegie-Mellon University, including Dean from 1977 to 1983.

The co-founder and Chairman of Balanced Scorecard Collaborative Inc., Professor Kaplan, a trained electrical engineer, holds the Bachelors and Masters degrees from MIT and the Doctorate in Operations Research from Cornell University. He has transformed traditional approaches to organizational management with the development of the Balanced Scorecard methodology.

Professor Kaplan has authored more than 10 books and 120 articles, and he continues to refine this revolutionary concept through ongoing research into the operations of the more than 200 companies which have adopted the BSC. He provides consultancies and lectures worldwide on the design of performance and cost management systems.

GROWTH FACILITATORS & KNOWLEDGEWORKS

Seminar organizers are Kingston-based consultants, Growth Facilitators, an authorised sub-agent for Harvard Business Publishing (HBSP), and their Atlanta-based counterpart, Knowledgeworks, Caribbean agent for HBSP. As business consultants to a wide range of change-responsive companies and individuals, both organizations are committed to improving the practice of management and to promoting sustained international competitiveness.

The partners of Growth Facilitators, Ms. Marguerite Orane, MBA (Harvard Business School), and Mr. Robert Wynter, MBA (West Virginia College), are both internationally Certified Professional Facilitators (CPF).

Growth Facilitators is one of Jamaica's leading business consulting firms, specializing in Strategic and Corporate Planning, Organizational Development, Productivity Improvement, Performance Management Systems, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Development, Action Planning and Implementation.

Together with Atlanta-based partner, Knowledgeworks, headed by Harvard Business School MBA, Ms. Jacqueline Jones, they share a common vision of promoting efficiency, personal and corporate development and national economic growth.

Registration

First 20 participants to register and pay get a complimentary copy of "The Balanced Scorecard"

Fees include:

• Coffee breaks, lunch and seminar documentation
• 15% General Consumption Tax added
• Fees are payable in US or Jamaican currency at the Bank of Jamaica exchange rate on the day of payment.

Carole Orane Andrade
Tel: (876) 929-1351;
Fax: (876) 960-0652;
E-mail: carole_d@growthfacilitators.com