Assignment:
Ethics, Performance Measures, and the Balanced Scorecard
8-10 slides with speaker notes of 200-250 words per slide
Part 1
Your boss recently attended an accounting seminar at which the balanced scorecard was discussed. He has asked you to prepare a presentation for the next manager's meeting about the balanced scorecard and how EEC might adopt it. In your presentation, you should complete the following:
• Define the elements that might be presented in a balanced scorecard.
• Explain how the elements will be used.
• Make a recommendation of whether EEC should adopt the balanced scorecard.
• If adopted, how might it improve the company?
7-8 slides with Speaker Notes of 200-250 Words per slide
Part 2
The President of EEC realizes that the balanced scorecard translates an organization's mission and strategy into operational objectives and performance measures. The group received an e-mail from him asking the group to include information in the PowerPoint presentation about tying compensation to performance measures. Discuss the following in the group presentation:
• performance measures to compensation.(Speaker Notes of 200-250 Words per slide)
• How can EEC avoid these behaviors? (Speaker Notes of 200-250 Words per slide)
• Who is responsible for establishing the performance measures?(Speaker Notes of 200-250 Words per slide)