Editing Balanced scorecard (section)

== Use ==
The balanced scorecard was initially proposed as a general purpose performance [[management system]].<ref name=Schneiderman>{{cite web|last=Schneiderman|first=Arthur M.|title=Analog Devices: 1986–1992, The First Balanced Scorecard|url=http://www.schneiderman.com/Concepts/The_First_Balanced_Scorecard/BSC_INTRO_AND_CONTENTS.htm|publisher=Arthur M. Schneiderman|access-date=28 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225101701/http://www.schneiderman.com/Concepts/The_First_Balanced_Scorecard/BSC_INTRO_AND_CONTENTS.htm|archive-date=25 December 2013|year=2006}}</ref> Subsequently, it was promoted specifically as an approach to strategic performance management.<ref name=Kaplan_Norton_1992>{{cite journal|last=Kaplan|first=Robert S.|author2=Norton, D. P. |title=The Balanced Scorecard – Measures That Drive Performance|journal=Harvard Business Review|year=1992|issue=January–February|pages=71–79}}</ref> The balanced scorecard has more recently become a key component of structured approaches to corporate strategic management.<ref name=legace_2008>{{cite journal|last=Legace|first=Martha|title=Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard|journal=Harvard Business School Working Knowledge|year=2008|issue=August|url=http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/strategy-execution-and-the-balanced-scorecard|access-date=11 July 2017}}</ref>

Two of the ideas that underpin modern balanced scorecard designs concern making it easier to select which data to observe, and ensuring that the choice of data is consistent with the ability of the observer to intervene.<ref name=Lawrie_Cobbold_2004>{{cite journal|last=Lawrie|first=Gavin J. G.|author2=Cobbold, I. |title=3rd Generation Balanced Scorecard: Evolution of an effective strategic control tool|journal=International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management|year=2004|volume=53|issue=7|pages=611–623|url=https://2gc.eu/resources/research/evolution-of-the-3rd-generation-balanced-scorecard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501201157/http://2gc.eu/files/resources/2GC-WP-Dev3rdGenBSC-090311.pdf|archive-date=1 May 2014|access-date=11 July 2017|doi=10.1108/17410400410561231|url-access=subscription}}</ref>