Driving Corporate Performance Aligning Scorecards, Systems, and Strategy

The information below is based on the program offered in 2009, and does not reflect potential changes to faculty and course content for the 2010 course.

Less than favorable market conditions, a deepening economic crisis, and heightened operational and strategic risks have raised the stakes for those charged with driving corporate performance. While most business leaders set strategic goals, it is effective only 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 value, even under challenging circumstances.

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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