Evaluating the suitability of applying the Balanced Scorecard to public health care organisation. The case of Medical District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS)
Hasu, Saara (2009)
Hasu, Saara
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2009
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-200908244165
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-200908244165
Tiivistelmä
This dissertation study examines and analyses the suitability of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) approach as the tool for strategic planning in a public health care organisation. The examination is done using case study method and the organisation chosen is the Medical District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) which during the previous years has been under the process of implementing a new organisational strategy.
This dissertation is a fundamental research which bases on secondary data. In the study information about the relevant fields of literature is collected and summarised. The fields included are: National Culture, New Public Management, Organisational Change, Strategic Leadership and BSC. This study has a special focus on the BSC and therefore that particular approach is also studied in the hospital environment. On the basis of the reviewed literature and the case study conducted this study implies that applying the BSC is suitable in the context of HUS.
This dissertation is a fundamental research which bases on secondary data. In the study information about the relevant fields of literature is collected and summarised. The fields included are: National Culture, New Public Management, Organisational Change, Strategic Leadership and BSC. This study has a special focus on the BSC and therefore that particular approach is also studied in the hospital environment. On the basis of the reviewed literature and the case study conducted this study implies that applying the BSC is suitable in the context of HUS.