Toward a dynamic balanced scorecard model for humanitarian relief organizations’ performance management
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
ISSN: 2042-6747
Article publication date: 7 August 2017
Abstract
Purpose
In recent years, the balanced scorecard (BSC) has received considerable interest among practitioners for managing their organization’s performance. Unfortunately existing BSC frameworks, particularly for humanitarian supply chains, lack causal relationships among performance indicators, actions, and outcomes. They are not able to provide a dynamic perspective of the organization with factors that drive the organization’s behavior toward its mission. Lack of conceptual references seems to hinder the development of a performance measurement system toward this direction. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors formulate the interdependencies among key performance indicators (KPIs) in terms of cause-and-effect relationships based on published case studies reported in international journals from 1996 to 2017.
Findings
This paper aims to identify the conceptual interdependencies among KPIs and represent them in the form of a conceptual model.
Research limitations/implications
The study was solely based on relevant existing literature. Therefore further practical research is needed to validate the interdependencies of performance indicators in the strategy map.
Practical implications
The proposed conceptual model provides the structure of a dynamic balanced scorecard (DBSC) in the humanitarian supply chain and should serve as a starting reference for the development of a practical DBSC model. The conceptual framework proposed in this paper aims to facilitate further research in developing a DBSC for humanitarian organizations (HOs).
Originality/value
Existing BSC frameworks do not provide a dynamic perspective of the organization. The proposed conceptual framework is a useful reference for further work in developing a DBSC for HOs.
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Acknowledgements
This research was supported by Research Management Center at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (GUP Grant No: Q.J130000.2624.12J68). This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Citation
Anjomshoae, A., Hassan, A., Kunz, N., Wong, K.Y. and de Leeuw, S. (2017), "Toward a dynamic balanced scorecard model for humanitarian relief organizations’ performance management", Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Vol. 7 No. 2, pp. 194-218. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-01-2017-0001
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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