Chapter 15.2 Flashcards

(20 cards)

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High efficiency and high effectiveness

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the manager selected the appropriate goals to pursue and optimally apply the resources to achieve these chosen goals

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Performance management allows managers and employees to

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-Provide feedback

-Conduct appraisals

-Conduct observations

-Develop performance standards

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Market controls

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They involve the use of data to monitor performance in terms of sales, prices, costs, and profits relating to products sold, market share, and services rendered

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To be effective, market controls generally require that

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-The costs of the resources used in producing outputs be measured monetarily

-The value of the goods and services produced be defined clearly and priced monetarily

-The prices of the goods and services produced be set competitively

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Financial controls

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They include a wide range of methods, techniques, and procedures intended to prevent or correct the misallocation of resources

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Budgeting has three primary purposes when managing performance

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-To help in planning work effectively

-To assist in allocating resources

-To assist in controlling and monitoring resource utilisation during the budget period.

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Types of budgets used for performance management

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-Sales budget
-Materials budget

-Labour budget
-Capital budget

-Research and development budget

-Cash budget

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Cash budget

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This refers to the expected flow of monetary receipts and expenditure.

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Capital budget

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This refers to targeted spending for major tangible assets

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Materials budget

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Expected purchases are generally stated by specific categories

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Sales budget

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This is a forecast of expected revenue (sales)

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Activity-based costing (ABC)

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It is a performance management system that focuses on activities as the fundamental cost centres of organisations.

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13
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A balanced scorecard

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a format for describing the activities of an organisation through a number of measures

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Four perspectives of a balanced scorecard

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-Financial perspective
-Customer perspective

-Internal operations perspective

-A learning and innovation perspective

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15
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A balanced scorecard allows the management team to focus on the following elements when managing organisational performance

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-Financial performance

-Performance in terms of customers

-Internal operational performance

-Learning and innovation performance

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Financial performance

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The organisation considers how it is viewed by its shareholders.

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Performance in terms of customers

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The organisation considers how it is viewed by its customers.

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Internal operational performance

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The organisation considers what it must excel at.

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Learning and innovation performance

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The organisation considers whether it is able to improve continuously and create value

20
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Quality control tools

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-Six Sigma

-JIT

-Total quality management