Driving Corporate Performance Aligning Scorecards, Systems, and Strategy

To drive corporate performance, today's business leaders must translate their company's mission and strategy into a comprehensive set of proven targets and goals. But goal setting is only effective if a company can accurately measure and monitor its progress and align the entire organization in pursuit of those goals. In Driving Corporate Performance, you will explore the connection between a company's strategy, economics, and control systems by learning to design, implement, and manage systems that help create and deliver value.

What You Can Expect
In this HBS Executive Education program, you will master valuable tools and techniques used by successful organizations to manage cost and performance, particularly in turbulent times. You will return ready to guide your company in implementing strategy, achieving breakthrough performance, managing risk, and sustaining competitive advantage.

Your Course of Study
By exploring the diverse ways winning companies use today's control systems, you will learn to leverage the balanced scorecard concept for implementing value-creating strategies, use activity-based costing for measuring and managing customer profitability, determine your company's level of risk, and develop data-driven relationships with suppliers and customers.

Who Is Right for the Program
Developed for senior financial executives responsible for designing and using systems to improve enterprise performance, this leadership training program is appropriate for CFOs, VPs of finance, strategic planning officers, controllers and others with planning, control, and accounting responsibilities.

Dates and Fees
July 18–23, 2010
Fee:$10,500

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The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.

Programs, dates, fees, and faculty are subject to change.

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