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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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International Association of Management, Spirituality & Religion
[2018]
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| In: |
Journal of management, spirituality & religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBS Australia; Oceania RB Church office; congregation RG Pastoral care ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
spiritual leadership
B Balanced scorecard, BSC B church business models B Mission Statement B organizational purpose |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1942-258X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of management, spirituality & religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2017.1338612 |