Discussing a balanced scorecard for one local independent New Zealand church

This article explores internal discussions of a performance measurement tool called the balanced scorecard (BSC) for potential application in a suburban church. Interviews were conducted with church leaders exploring issues they face if a BSC was adopted to assess church performance. A significant f...

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Auteurs: Yahanpath, Noel (Auteur) ; Burns, Edgar A. (Auteur) ; Pacheco, Philip (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion [2018]
Dans: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Année: 2018, Volume: 15, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-19
Classifications IxTheo:KBS Australie et Océanie
RB Ministère ecclésiastique
RG Aide spirituelle; pastorale
ZA Sciences sociales
Sujets non-standardisés:B spiritual leadership
B Balanced scorecard, BSC
B church business models
B Mission Statement
B organizational purpose
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Résumé:This article explores internal discussions of a performance measurement tool called the balanced scorecard (BSC) for potential application in a suburban church. Interviews were conducted with church leaders exploring issues they face if a BSC was adopted to assess church performance. A significant finding was the difficulty church leaders had incorporating a finance perspective into their organizational thinking as a performance measurement factor because of the church's primary focus and function as not-for-profit orientation to spiritual mission. This article argues churches like other organizations need a performance measurement tool, such as a BSC, to regularly monitor their organizational well-being, if they are to survive in a highly competitive and complex environment, even as non-commercial institutions with transcendent goals. The findings suggest the value for churches incorporating a finance perspective in measuring performance since finance sets the possibilities for the sustainability of the organization, even though religious or faith-based objectives are themselves not financial.
ISSN:1942-258X
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2017.1338612