Assignment Unit-2
Now go to the Niven’s book (Balanced scorecard step-by-step: maximizing performance and maintaining results) and, using your own words, explain what you understand a balanced scorecard and a balanced scorecard company are. Choose carefully your words, and make a convincing explanation of the model. Following this definition, explain why you think this work and theory is relevant for businesses, from a strategic management standpoint. I expect you to enrich the paper with your own thoughts and ideas, but not yet with your experiences. Finally, identify, if any, flaws that the book may have (incomplete arguments, outdate concepts, oversimplifications or not applicable extensions). For this assignment, use no more than 1500 words, excluding titles, footnotes, charts, tables and annexes. I will not receive papers exceeding this limit. Be sure to have at least 2 peer-reviewed sources for your major points. ( 1500 words).
Assignment Unit-3
In this paper you must combine all theories previously covered, and connect them with your present work position. If you aren’t working currently, use the last one you had. After explaining what your major responsibilities are or were, tell us in what ways ideas covered by authors affected decisions you made or avoided to make lately. I expect you to show a practical understanding of how author’s ideas relate with your day-to-day job. Be careful in the way you organize this paper, since a list of anecdotes will be badly graded. I am leaving freedom for each student to establish their own structure and internal organization of arguments and examples, but make sure you have any. ( 1500 Words) .