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Effects of balanced scorecard on performance of firms in the service
sector
Esther W. Kairu1
Moses O. Wafula1
Ochieng Okaka1
Odhiambo Odera 2*
Emmanuel Kayode Akerele3
1. Department of Business Management, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
2*. University of Southern Queensland, Australia and Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
Corresponding author (Email:oodera@yahoo.com)
3. Department of Accounting, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Lagos, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
This study sought to establish the effects of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) on performance of firms in the service
sector. The study location was in Kakamega Municipality, Kenya and a survey research design involving 200 service
providing firms was utilized. Stratified random sampling procedure was adopted with the strata organized based on the
nature of services offered. After the stratification, simple random sampling was utilized to select the respondent firms.
Semi-structured questionnaires were employed to collect primary data which were analyzed through descriptive
statistics. The study revealed that non-financial criteria are as important as financial criteria in measurement systems
and when both measures are integrated in the system, they lead to superior results.
Keywords: Balanced scorecard, firm performance, service sector
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of measuring performance is not only to know how a business is performing but also to enable it to
perform better. The ultimate aim of implementing a performance measurement system is to improve the performance
of an organization so that it may better serve its customers, employees, owners, and other stakeholders (Johnson,
1981). Performance measurement generates data that will inform the users where the business is, how it is doing, and
where it is going. A performance measurement system enables an enterprise to plan, measure and control its
performance according to a pre-defined strategy (Okwo & Marire, 2012).
Researchers assert that there has been a paradigm shift from the traditional financial performance measurement
approach to an approach integrating both financial and non-financial measures (Atkinson & Kaplan, 2003; Hoque &
James, 2000; Malina & Selto, 2001; Simons, 2000). Organizations have a variety of goals and objectives and hence it is
more unlikely that a single measure or even several measures of the same type will effectively assess organizational
progress towards all of those goals and objectives. A primary goal is to be financially solvent. Since solvency is
determined by the relationship between cash inflows and outflows, cash flow has often been used as a performance
measure. If the organization is profit oriented, its goal will be to provide satisfactory returns to shareholders.
Accordingly, some measurement of income is used by virtually all businesses to assess performance.
Firms have established goals relative to customer satisfaction rates, product defect rates, lead time to market and
environmental social responsibility. Such goals are not measured directly by income. Firms producing inferior goods,
delivering late, abusing the environment or in general making customers dissatisfied will lose market share and be
forced out of business (Spraakman, 2005). Non-financial performance measures can be developed to indicate progress
(or lack thereof) towards achievement of the important, long-run critical success factors of world class companies.
Research has shown that the strongest drivers of competitive achievement are the intangibles, especially intellectual
property, innovation, and quality. Since what is measured gets done, and because these factors are important, then they
should be measured.
Some of the most important intangible assets a company can have are relationships with customers and with
employees. Employee loyalty and customer loyalty are closely linked, and retaining both is essential for success. Both
are stakeholders; and there is no conflict between satisfying stakeholders and shareholders. The quality of important
relationships must be reflected in a performance measurement framework, often called a scorecard. Performance
measures are usually used to track progress towards a target. The measures are a surrogate for the target itself. They
determine how, and on what bases, managers and other employees focus their time and efforts. Non-financial
indicators are, in effect, surrogate measures for financial performance. Financial and non-financial performance
measures can be combined through the BSC that ultimately links all aspects of performance to the firm’s strategies.
The BSC is a performance measurement conceptualization that translates an organization’s strategy into clear
objectives, measures, targets, and initiatives organized in the four perspectives: financial, customer, business
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processes, and human resources or innovation and learning (Kassahun, 2010). The BSC is the most widely applied
performance management system today. It was originally developed as a performance measurement system in 1992 by
Dr. Robert Kaplan and Dr. David Norton at the Harvard Business School and later developed into a performance
management tool. The basic idea of a BSC is that learning is necessary to improve internal business processes; this
improvement is necessary to improve customer satisfaction; which in turn leads to improved financial results. The BSC
emphasizes improvement and not just attainment of certain objectives and if an organization does not continually
improve, it will eventually lose out to competitors that do (Kaplan, 2010). With the BSC, company executives can
measure and manage how their business units create value for current and future customers, how they must build and
enhance internal capabilities, and the investment in people, systems, and procedures necessary to improve future
performance. This study attempts to investigate the effects of the BSC on organizational performance in the service
sector. It follows that survival in the service sector demands for improved service delivery at the business unit level.
Firms will strive to maintain a balanced performance measurement system with the cause-effect relationship.
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Chaudron (2003), the BSC is a way of: measuring organizational, business unit or departmental success;
balancing long-term and short-term actions; balancing the following different measures of success; Financial;
Customer; Internal Operations; Human Resource Systems & Development (learning and growth); tying the firm’s
strategy to measures of action. Much of the success of the scorecard depends on how the measures are agreed, the way
they are implemented and how they are acted upon (Bourne, 2002).
Financial perspective
The financial performance measures define the long-run objectives of the business unit (Kaplan & Norton, 1992).
Financial measures indicate whether the organization’s strategy implementation and execution are contributing to
bottom-line improvement. A well-designed financial control system can actually enhance an organization’s
management system. The performance measures in this perspective include improved cost structure and increased
assets utilization using the productivity improvement strategy, on one hand and on the other hand enhanced customer
value and expanded revenue opportunities through revenue growth strategies. The financial perspective emphasizes
cost efficiency, that is, the ability to deliver maximum value to the customer at minimum cost and sustained
stakeholder value (Gekonge, 2005).
Customer perspective
This perspective captures the ability of the organization to provide quality goods and services, the effectiveness of their
delivery, and overall customer service and satisfaction. This will result from price, quality, availability, selection,
functionality, service, partnerships and brand value propositions, which will lead to increased customer acquisition and
retention (Gekonge, 2005). The BSC demands that managers translate their general mission statement on customer
service into specific measures that reflect the factors that really matter to customers (Kaplan & Norton, 1992).
Customers’ concerns tend to fall into four categories: time, quality, performance and service, and cost. Satisfied
customers buy a product again, talk favorably to others about the product, pay less attention to competing brands and
advertising, and buy other products from the company (Kotler & Armstrong, 2004). Recent management philosophy
has shown an increasing realization of the importance of customer focus and customer satisfaction in any business
(Chabrow, 2002; Holloway, 2002; Needleman, 2003).
Internal processes perspective
According Gekonge (2005), internal processes perspective focuses on the internal business results that lead to financial
success and satisfied customers. To meet the organizational objectives and customers’ expectations, organizations
must identify the key business processes at which they must excel. These key business processes are monitored to
ensure that outcomes will always be satisfactory. The internal processes perspective reports on the efficiency of
internal processes and procedures. The premise behind this perceptive is that customer-based measures are important,
but they must be translated into measures of what the organization must do internally to meet its customers’
expectations (Kaplan & Norton, 1992).
Innovation, learning and growth perspective
The learning and growth perspective examines the ability of employees (skills, talents, knowledge and training), the
quality of information systems (systems, databases and networks) and the effects of organizational alignment (culture,
leadership, alignment and teamwork), in supporting the accomplishment of organizational objectives (Gekonge, 2005).
Processes will only succeed if adequately skilled and motivated employees, supplied with accurate and timely
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information and led by effective leadership, are driving them. They will lead to production and delivery of quality
products and services; and eventually successful financial performance (Gekonge, 2005).
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Gekonge (2005), interpret performance measurement as a process of assessing progress towards achieving
pre-determined goals and objectives. It includes information on the efficiency with which resources are transformed
into goods and services (outcomes), the quality of those goods and services (how well they are delivered to customers
and the extent to which customers are satisfied), and outcomes (the results of the program activity compared to its
intended purpose), and the effectiveness of the company operations, in terms of their specific contribution to creating
value for stakeholders.
Performance measurement systems were developed as a means of monitoring and maintaining organisational control
(Nani et al, 1990), which is the process of ensuring that an organisation pursues strategies that lead to the achievement
of overall goals and objectives. A performance measure can be defined as a metric used to quantify the efficiency
and/or effectiveness of an action. Edson (1988) and Talley (1991) stressed the need for performance measurement
systems to focus attention on continuous improvement. Kaplan & Norton (2001) observes that an effective
performance measurement system should provide timely and accurate feedback on the efficiency and effectiveness of
operations. The following dimensions: planning, controlling and evaluating, managing change, communication,
measurement and improvement, resource allocation, motivation, have been identified by Sinclair & Zairi (1995), as the
need for measurement.
PERFORMANCE AND THE BALANCED SCORECARD
According to Abernathy (2000), the typical employee does not understand the organization’s strategy and
consequently fails to focus on the right things; does not know his or her personal role in accomplishing the strategy and
as a result does what is required, not what is needed. In addition, employees in many organizations pursue personal
rather than organizational goals, because of disharmony between employee and organizational strategies and goals,
and because of existing reward structures that focus on individual or sub-unit achievements rather than the
achievement of corporate goals (Kerr, 1975). In such a corporate environment, organizational sub-optimization is the
result of sub-organizational optimization. Frigo & Krumwiede (2000) suggest that the BSC can help remedy this
situation because it requires organizations to engage in several beneficial activities. These activities delineate the major
strengths of the BSC. Interest among both academics and practitioners in performance measurement systems as a tool
for delivering strategic objectives is now well established in the management literature (Kaplan & Norton, 1992;
Eccels & Pyburn, 1992).
Performance measurement incorporating non-financial measures has been a topic of great interest throughout most of
the 1990s. This is because non-financial measures overcome the limitations of just using financial performance
measures. “Soft” measures, such as employee satisfaction and commitment, are coming to the fore as protagonists of
the business performance measurement revolution urge organisations to complement their traditional financial focus
with softer data. Kaplan & Norton (1992) suggest that what is needed is “a balanced presentation of both financial and
operational measures”. In addition, while traditional financial measures report on what happened during the last period
without indicating how managers can improve performance in the next, the scorecard functions as the cornerstone of
the organisation’s current and future success (Kaplan & Norton, 1996).
The balanced scorecard translates an organisation’s mission and strategy into a comprehensive set of performance
measures that provides the framework for a strategic measurement and management system (Kumari, 2011). The four
perspectives of the scorecard permit a balance between short-term and long-term objectives, between desired outcomes
and the performance drivers of those outcomes, and between the objective measures and softer, more subjective
measures. While the multiplicity of measures on a balanced scorecard seems confusing to some people, properly
constructed scorecards contain a unity of purpose since all the measures are directed towards achieving an integrated
strategy. Currently, the Balanced Scorecard is a powerful and widely accepted framework for defining performance
measures and communicating objectives and vision to the organisation. A balance of measures across these four
perspectives is what gives the BSC its name. However, the measures that make up a scorecard do not exist in isolation
from each other. They relate to a set of objectives that are themselves linked, the final link usually relating to financial
outcomes of one form or another. Measures in this context can be used to communicate not simply control.
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A survey research design was adopted in order to allow an in-depth and representative analysis to be conducted. The
population of study consisted of all the service providing firms in operating within Kakamega Municipality, Kenya as
at December, 2007. According to the revenue officer in the municipality, there were 200 service providing firms
operating at the time of the study. However, due to the nature of services provided and size of the firms, the population
excluded some small and medium sized firms such as salons, shoe shiners, barbers and colleges. It also excluded some
government institutions and NGOs. The sampling procedure used was stratified random sampling. The strata were
organized based on the nature of services offered and included banking, insurance, hospitality, professional firms,
transport and communication, security services and others. After the stratification, a simple random sampling approach
was utilized to select the respondent firms. On average, 30% or more of each sub-group was analysed. For each
sampled firm one person at the management level, preferably the managing director or the finance manager was chosen
as the respondent. Semi-structured questionnaires were employed to collect primary data. The strata represented the
various business lines within the service sector. Simple random sampling approach was used to select the respondent
firms within a given strata. Descriptive statistics were used to organize, interpret and present the data collected.
DATA ANALYSIS
Table 1: Nature of Services Offered
Nature of Service Frequency Percentage
Banking services 5 8%
Insurance services 8 13%
Hospitality services 15 24%
Medical services 5 8%
Financial services 4 6%
Transport and Communication 4 6%
Educational services 5 8%
Consultancy and Professional services 14 22%
Security and Courier 3 5%
Totals 63 100%
Source: Research Data (2008)
Of the 63 respondent firms, 24% offered hospitality services, 22% consultancy and professional services, 13%
insurance services, 8% banking services, 8% medical services, 8% educational services, 6% financial services, 6%
transport and communication services and 5% offered security and courier services. This indicates that within
Kakamega Municipality there are firms which offer a range of services. The hospitality industry has the highest
number of firms, followed by consultancy and professional firms, then insurance firms, after which banking, medical
and educational firms are equally distributed. Financial firms and transport and communication firms were equally
distributed while security and courier firms are the least.
Table 2: Methods of enhancing employees' skills and performance
Method Frequency Percentage
Training 42 40%
Better employee rewards 25 24%
Enhancing team building 20 19%
Employee participation in
decision making 16 15%
Compulsory annual leave 2 2%
Totals 105 100%
Source: Research Data (2008)
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The findings reveal that 40% of the respondents enhanced their employees’ skills and performance through training,
24% through better employee rewards, 19% through enhancing team building, 15% encourage employee participation
in decision making while only 2% encourage compulsory annual leave to their employees. The information indicates
that most of the firms train their employees to enhance their skills and performance, others give better rewards to
employees and others enhance team building. Some firms also encourage employee participation in decision making
and yet others offer compulsory annual leave as a way of enhancing performance.
Table 3: Effects of enhanced employee performance on the firm
Effect Frequency Percentage
Improved internal business processes 45 52%
Development of new products 7 8%
Increased customer loyalty 34 40%
Totals 86 100%
Source: Research Data (2008)
Outcomes confirms that out of the 63 respondent firms, 52% experienced increased efficiency in their internal business
processes after enhancing their employees’ skills and performance, 40% increased their customer loyalty while 8%
developed new products. In the majority of firms, enhanced employees’ skills and performance led to increased
efficiency in their internal business processes while some attained more loyal customers. In addition, there were few
firms that develop new products from the suggestions of their satisfied customers.
Table 4: Benefits of having satisfied customers to organizations
Benefits Frequency Percentage
Repetitive buying/ customer referrals 32 41%
Full-time customers/ cross-buying 38 48%
Does not bad-mouth our products 4 5%
Customer-initiated product innovations 5 6%
Totals 79 100%
Source: Research Data (2008)
Various firms benefit in different ways as a result of having satisfied customers. Results demonstrates that 48% of the
firms benefit by acquiring full-time customers and cross-selling their products, 41% enjoy repetitive buying and
customer referrals, while 6% enjoy customer-initiated product innovations. Moreover, 5% benefit from customers who
do not bad-mouth their products.
Table 5: Training, innovation and customer satisfaction costs as a proportion to total expenditure
Level Frequency Percentage
High 18 29%
Medium 37 59%
Low 8 13%
Totals 63 100%
Source: Research Data (2008)
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Findings disclose that 37 firms out of the 63 respondent firms moderately invest in training, innovation and customer
satisfaction as a proportion to their total budgetary expenditures, 18 firms vastly invest while only 8 firms invest
scantily. This implies that in the majority of firms, investment in training, innovation and customer satisfaction as a
proportion to their total expenditure is moderate.
Table 6: Spill-over effect of increased profitability on other functions of the firm
Effect Frequency Percentage
Good employee reward system 33 37%
Payment of higher dividends 18 20%
Response to corporate social responsibilities 26 29%
Business expansion 12 13%
Totals 89 100%
Source: Research Data (2008)
Outcomes reveal that different firms have different spill-over effects on their functions as a result of increased profits.
Majority (37%) of the firms gave better rewards to the employees, 29% undertook additional corporate social
responsibilities, 20% paid higher dividends to their shareholders while 13% expand their businesses.
Rating the drivers of success
To rate the various drivers of success, the very important rate was allocated a weight of 5 points, important was
allocated a weight of 3 points and not important was allocated a weight of 1 point. The various weights were multiplied
by the number of respondents who gave a particular rate and then divided by the total number of respondents to get the
weighted mean. The expected mean was the weight of 3 points (weight allocated for important rate).
Table 7: Rating the drivers of success
Drivers of success
Very
Important Important
Not
Important
Total
weight
Mean
weight
Weight 5 3 1
Learning, growth and innovation 175 84 - 259 4.11
Customer satisfaction 285 18 - 303 4.81
Improved internal business processes 180 81 - 261 4.14
Highly developed and motivated staff 140 105 - 245 3.89
Source: Research Data (2008)
The results indicate that all the drivers of success had a mean value above the expected mean. The customer
satisfaction had the highest mean value of 4.81, improved internal business processes had a mean of 4.14, and learning,
growth and innovation had a mean of 4.11, while highly motivated staff had the lowest mean of 3.89. This indicates
that, on average, all the four measures are viewed to be more than important drivers of the firms’ success.
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Table 8: Measures of success
Measures Frequency Percentage
Financial gains 29 27%
Customer satisfaction 56 51%
More developed internal processes 10 9%
Highly developed and motivated staff 14 13%
Totals 109 100%
Source: Research Data (2008)
Finings reveal that majority (51%) of the firms measure their success based on the satisfaction of their customers, 27%
consider financial gains, 13% consider highly developed and motivated staff while only 9% gauge their performance
on more improved internal business processes.
DISCUSSIONS
The first objective was to ascertain whether the Balanced Scorecard is being used to measure and manage performance
in the service sector. Findings revealed that, though differently, all firms develop their employees’ skills and
performance. Firms invest in training, innovation and customer satisfaction as such; the four perspectives of the BSC
are the most important drivers of a firm’s success. The second objective was examining the perceptions of the service
sector managers regarding the BSC concept. Firms rated the four BSC perspectives as very important drivers of
success. It was revealed that most managers strongly agreed that improvement in one BSC perspective led to
improvement in the other perspectives. The third objective was to assess the effect of the BSC on the firm’s overall
performance. All firms develop their employees’ skills and performance which led to increased efficiency in their
internal business processes. This led to improved customer satisfaction and increased market share, which in turn led to
an increase in the firm’s profitability. It was affirmed that increased profitability boosted the other functions of the
firms which improved rewards to employees and more participation in corporate social responsibilities. It also gave the
firms a positive public image and increased competitiveness.
CONCLUSIONS
The BSC emphasizes performance measurement and management in four key business areas. These four perspectives
provide a comprehensive evaluation of the organization than the traditional emphasis on tangible and financial assets
of the organization. This is because learning improves the internal business processes; this improvement leads to
improved customer satisfaction; which in turn leads to improved financial results. The BSC emphasizes improvement
and if an organization does not continually improve, it will eventually lose out to competitors that do.
Incorporating these perspectives in the BSC offers a framework for translating strategic objectives into performance
measurements that gauge the effects of implemented strategies and provide feedback on the performance of strategic
initiatives. The BSC offers some useful generic performance measurements that apply to practically all organizations.
Firms, small or large, need to know how they measure up to their own goals and standards, and the BSC can give them
the advantage they need to evaluate themselves accurately and, as a result, place themselves in a better position to
compete. The main goal for all businesses is to manage their overall performance so that they can make a profit.
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Stratified random sampling procedure was adopted with the strata organized based on the nature of services offered. After the stratification, simple random sampling was utilized to select the respondent firms. Semi-structured questionnaires were employed to collect primary data which were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The study revealed that non-financial criteria are as important as financial criteria in measurement systems and when both measures are integrated in the system, they lead to superior results. Keywords: Balanced scorecard, firm performance, service sector INTRODUCTION The purpose of measuring performance is not only to know how a business is performing but also to enable it to perform better. The ultimate aim of implementing a performance measurement system is to improve the performance of an organization so that it may better serve its customers, employees, owners, and other stakeholders (Johnson, 1981). Performance measurement generates data that will inform the users where the business is, how it is doing, and where it is going. A performance measurement system enables an enterprise to plan, measure and control its performance according to a pre-defined strategy (Okwo & Marire, 2012). Researchers assert that there has been a paradigm shift from the traditional financial performance measurement approach to an approach integrating both financial and non-financial measures (Atkinson & Kaplan, 2003; Hoque & James, 2000; Malina & Selto, 2001; Simons, 2000). Organizations have a variety of goals and objectives and hence it is more unlikely that a single measure or even several measures of the same type will effectively assess organizational progress towards all of those goals and objectives. A primary goal is to be financially solvent. Since solvency is determined by the relationship between cash inflows and outflows, cash flow has often been used as a performance measure. If the organization is profit oriented, its goal will be to provide satisfactory returns to shareholders. Accordingly, some measurement of income is used by virtually all businesses to assess performance. Firms have established goals relative to customer satisfaction rates, product defect rates, lead time to market and environmental social responsibility. Such goals are not measured directly by income. Firms producing inferior goods, delivering late, abusing the environment or in general making customers dissatisfied will lose market share and be forced out of business (Spraakman, 2005). Non-financial performance measures can be developed to indicate progress (or lack thereof) towards achievement of the important, long-run critical success factors of world class companies. Research has shown that the strongest drivers of competitive achievement are the intangibles, especially intellectual property, innovation, and quality. Since what is measured gets done, and because these factors are important, then they should be measured. Some of the most important intangible assets a company can have are relationships with customers and with employees. Employee loyalty and customer loyalty are closely linked, and retaining both is essential for success. Both are stakeholders; and there is no conflict between satisfying stakeholders and shareholders. The quality of important relationships must be reflected in a performance measurement framework, often called a scorecard. Performance measures are usually used to track progress towards a target. The measures are a surrogate for the target itself. They determine how, and on what bases, managers and other employees focus their time and efforts. Non-financial indicators are, in effect, surrogate measures for financial performance. Financial and non-financial performance measures can be combined through the BSC that ultimately links all aspects of performance to the firm’s strategies. The BSC is a performance measurement conceptualization that translates an organization’s strategy into clear objectives, measures, targets, and initiatives organized in the four perspectives: financial, customer, business
  • 2. European Journal of Business and Management www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol.5, No.9, 2013 82 processes, and human resources or innovation and learning (Kassahun, 2010). The BSC is the most widely applied performance management system today. It was originally developed as a performance measurement system in 1992 by Dr. Robert Kaplan and Dr. David Norton at the Harvard Business School and later developed into a performance management tool. The basic idea of a BSC is that learning is necessary to improve internal business processes; this improvement is necessary to improve customer satisfaction; which in turn leads to improved financial results. The BSC emphasizes improvement and not just attainment of certain objectives and if an organization does not continually improve, it will eventually lose out to competitors that do (Kaplan, 2010). With the BSC, company executives can measure and manage how their business units create value for current and future customers, how they must build and enhance internal capabilities, and the investment in people, systems, and procedures necessary to improve future performance. This study attempts to investigate the effects of the BSC on organizational performance in the service sector. It follows that survival in the service sector demands for improved service delivery at the business unit level. Firms will strive to maintain a balanced performance measurement system with the cause-effect relationship. LITERATURE REVIEW According to Chaudron (2003), the BSC is a way of: measuring organizational, business unit or departmental success; balancing long-term and short-term actions; balancing the following different measures of success; Financial; Customer; Internal Operations; Human Resource Systems & Development (learning and growth); tying the firm’s strategy to measures of action. Much of the success of the scorecard depends on how the measures are agreed, the way they are implemented and how they are acted upon (Bourne, 2002). Financial perspective The financial performance measures define the long-run objectives of the business unit (Kaplan & Norton, 1992). Financial measures indicate whether the organization’s strategy implementation and execution are contributing to bottom-line improvement. A well-designed financial control system can actually enhance an organization’s management system. The performance measures in this perspective include improved cost structure and increased assets utilization using the productivity improvement strategy, on one hand and on the other hand enhanced customer value and expanded revenue opportunities through revenue growth strategies. The financial perspective emphasizes cost efficiency, that is, the ability to deliver maximum value to the customer at minimum cost and sustained stakeholder value (Gekonge, 2005). Customer perspective This perspective captures the ability of the organization to provide quality goods and services, the effectiveness of their delivery, and overall customer service and satisfaction. This will result from price, quality, availability, selection, functionality, service, partnerships and brand value propositions, which will lead to increased customer acquisition and retention (Gekonge, 2005). The BSC demands that managers translate their general mission statement on customer service into specific measures that reflect the factors that really matter to customers (Kaplan & Norton, 1992). Customers’ concerns tend to fall into four categories: time, quality, performance and service, and cost. Satisfied customers buy a product again, talk favorably to others about the product, pay less attention to competing brands and advertising, and buy other products from the company (Kotler & Armstrong, 2004). Recent management philosophy has shown an increasing realization of the importance of customer focus and customer satisfaction in any business (Chabrow, 2002; Holloway, 2002; Needleman, 2003). Internal processes perspective According Gekonge (2005), internal processes perspective focuses on the internal business results that lead to financial success and satisfied customers. To meet the organizational objectives and customers’ expectations, organizations must identify the key business processes at which they must excel. These key business processes are monitored to ensure that outcomes will always be satisfactory. The internal processes perspective reports on the efficiency of internal processes and procedures. The premise behind this perceptive is that customer-based measures are important, but they must be translated into measures of what the organization must do internally to meet its customers’ expectations (Kaplan & Norton, 1992). Innovation, learning and growth perspective The learning and growth perspective examines the ability of employees (skills, talents, knowledge and training), the quality of information systems (systems, databases and networks) and the effects of organizational alignment (culture, leadership, alignment and teamwork), in supporting the accomplishment of organizational objectives (Gekonge, 2005). Processes will only succeed if adequately skilled and motivated employees, supplied with accurate and timely
  • 3. European Journal of Business and Management www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol.5, No.9, 2013 83 information and led by effective leadership, are driving them. They will lead to production and delivery of quality products and services; and eventually successful financial performance (Gekonge, 2005). PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND MANAGEMENT Gekonge (2005), interpret performance measurement as a process of assessing progress towards achieving pre-determined goals and objectives. It includes information on the efficiency with which resources are transformed into goods and services (outcomes), the quality of those goods and services (how well they are delivered to customers and the extent to which customers are satisfied), and outcomes (the results of the program activity compared to its intended purpose), and the effectiveness of the company operations, in terms of their specific contribution to creating value for stakeholders. Performance measurement systems were developed as a means of monitoring and maintaining organisational control (Nani et al, 1990), which is the process of ensuring that an organisation pursues strategies that lead to the achievement of overall goals and objectives. A performance measure can be defined as a metric used to quantify the efficiency and/or effectiveness of an action. Edson (1988) and Talley (1991) stressed the need for performance measurement systems to focus attention on continuous improvement. Kaplan & Norton (2001) observes that an effective performance measurement system should provide timely and accurate feedback on the efficiency and effectiveness of operations. The following dimensions: planning, controlling and evaluating, managing change, communication, measurement and improvement, resource allocation, motivation, have been identified by Sinclair & Zairi (1995), as the need for measurement. PERFORMANCE AND THE BALANCED SCORECARD According to Abernathy (2000), the typical employee does not understand the organization’s strategy and consequently fails to focus on the right things; does not know his or her personal role in accomplishing the strategy and as a result does what is required, not what is needed. In addition, employees in many organizations pursue personal rather than organizational goals, because of disharmony between employee and organizational strategies and goals, and because of existing reward structures that focus on individual or sub-unit achievements rather than the achievement of corporate goals (Kerr, 1975). In such a corporate environment, organizational sub-optimization is the result of sub-organizational optimization. Frigo & Krumwiede (2000) suggest that the BSC can help remedy this situation because it requires organizations to engage in several beneficial activities. These activities delineate the major strengths of the BSC. Interest among both academics and practitioners in performance measurement systems as a tool for delivering strategic objectives is now well established in the management literature (Kaplan & Norton, 1992; Eccels & Pyburn, 1992). Performance measurement incorporating non-financial measures has been a topic of great interest throughout most of the 1990s. This is because non-financial measures overcome the limitations of just using financial performance measures. “Soft” measures, such as employee satisfaction and commitment, are coming to the fore as protagonists of the business performance measurement revolution urge organisations to complement their traditional financial focus with softer data. Kaplan & Norton (1992) suggest that what is needed is “a balanced presentation of both financial and operational measures”. In addition, while traditional financial measures report on what happened during the last period without indicating how managers can improve performance in the next, the scorecard functions as the cornerstone of the organisation’s current and future success (Kaplan & Norton, 1996). The balanced scorecard translates an organisation’s mission and strategy into a comprehensive set of performance measures that provides the framework for a strategic measurement and management system (Kumari, 2011). The four perspectives of the scorecard permit a balance between short-term and long-term objectives, between desired outcomes and the performance drivers of those outcomes, and between the objective measures and softer, more subjective measures. While the multiplicity of measures on a balanced scorecard seems confusing to some people, properly constructed scorecards contain a unity of purpose since all the measures are directed towards achieving an integrated strategy. Currently, the Balanced Scorecard is a powerful and widely accepted framework for defining performance measures and communicating objectives and vision to the organisation. A balance of measures across these four perspectives is what gives the BSC its name. However, the measures that make up a scorecard do not exist in isolation from each other. They relate to a set of objectives that are themselves linked, the final link usually relating to financial outcomes of one form or another. Measures in this context can be used to communicate not simply control.
  • 4. European Journal of Business and Management www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol.5, No.9, 2013 84 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A survey research design was adopted in order to allow an in-depth and representative analysis to be conducted. The population of study consisted of all the service providing firms in operating within Kakamega Municipality, Kenya as at December, 2007. According to the revenue officer in the municipality, there were 200 service providing firms operating at the time of the study. However, due to the nature of services provided and size of the firms, the population excluded some small and medium sized firms such as salons, shoe shiners, barbers and colleges. It also excluded some government institutions and NGOs. The sampling procedure used was stratified random sampling. The strata were organized based on the nature of services offered and included banking, insurance, hospitality, professional firms, transport and communication, security services and others. After the stratification, a simple random sampling approach was utilized to select the respondent firms. On average, 30% or more of each sub-group was analysed. For each sampled firm one person at the management level, preferably the managing director or the finance manager was chosen as the respondent. Semi-structured questionnaires were employed to collect primary data. The strata represented the various business lines within the service sector. Simple random sampling approach was used to select the respondent firms within a given strata. Descriptive statistics were used to organize, interpret and present the data collected. DATA ANALYSIS Table 1: Nature of Services Offered Nature of Service Frequency Percentage Banking services 5 8% Insurance services 8 13% Hospitality services 15 24% Medical services 5 8% Financial services 4 6% Transport and Communication 4 6% Educational services 5 8% Consultancy and Professional services 14 22% Security and Courier 3 5% Totals 63 100% Source: Research Data (2008) Of the 63 respondent firms, 24% offered hospitality services, 22% consultancy and professional services, 13% insurance services, 8% banking services, 8% medical services, 8% educational services, 6% financial services, 6% transport and communication services and 5% offered security and courier services. This indicates that within Kakamega Municipality there are firms which offer a range of services. The hospitality industry has the highest number of firms, followed by consultancy and professional firms, then insurance firms, after which banking, medical and educational firms are equally distributed. Financial firms and transport and communication firms were equally distributed while security and courier firms are the least. Table 2: Methods of enhancing employees' skills and performance Method Frequency Percentage Training 42 40% Better employee rewards 25 24% Enhancing team building 20 19% Employee participation in decision making 16 15% Compulsory annual leave 2 2% Totals 105 100% Source: Research Data (2008)
  • 5. European Journal of Business and Management www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol.5, No.9, 2013 85 The findings reveal that 40% of the respondents enhanced their employees’ skills and performance through training, 24% through better employee rewards, 19% through enhancing team building, 15% encourage employee participation in decision making while only 2% encourage compulsory annual leave to their employees. The information indicates that most of the firms train their employees to enhance their skills and performance, others give better rewards to employees and others enhance team building. Some firms also encourage employee participation in decision making and yet others offer compulsory annual leave as a way of enhancing performance. Table 3: Effects of enhanced employee performance on the firm Effect Frequency Percentage Improved internal business processes 45 52% Development of new products 7 8% Increased customer loyalty 34 40% Totals 86 100% Source: Research Data (2008) Outcomes confirms that out of the 63 respondent firms, 52% experienced increased efficiency in their internal business processes after enhancing their employees’ skills and performance, 40% increased their customer loyalty while 8% developed new products. In the majority of firms, enhanced employees’ skills and performance led to increased efficiency in their internal business processes while some attained more loyal customers. In addition, there were few firms that develop new products from the suggestions of their satisfied customers. Table 4: Benefits of having satisfied customers to organizations Benefits Frequency Percentage Repetitive buying/ customer referrals 32 41% Full-time customers/ cross-buying 38 48% Does not bad-mouth our products 4 5% Customer-initiated product innovations 5 6% Totals 79 100% Source: Research Data (2008) Various firms benefit in different ways as a result of having satisfied customers. Results demonstrates that 48% of the firms benefit by acquiring full-time customers and cross-selling their products, 41% enjoy repetitive buying and customer referrals, while 6% enjoy customer-initiated product innovations. Moreover, 5% benefit from customers who do not bad-mouth their products. Table 5: Training, innovation and customer satisfaction costs as a proportion to total expenditure Level Frequency Percentage High 18 29% Medium 37 59% Low 8 13% Totals 63 100% Source: Research Data (2008)
  • 6. European Journal of Business and Management www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol.5, No.9, 2013 86 Findings disclose that 37 firms out of the 63 respondent firms moderately invest in training, innovation and customer satisfaction as a proportion to their total budgetary expenditures, 18 firms vastly invest while only 8 firms invest scantily. This implies that in the majority of firms, investment in training, innovation and customer satisfaction as a proportion to their total expenditure is moderate. Table 6: Spill-over effect of increased profitability on other functions of the firm Effect Frequency Percentage Good employee reward system 33 37% Payment of higher dividends 18 20% Response to corporate social responsibilities 26 29% Business expansion 12 13% Totals 89 100% Source: Research Data (2008) Outcomes reveal that different firms have different spill-over effects on their functions as a result of increased profits. Majority (37%) of the firms gave better rewards to the employees, 29% undertook additional corporate social responsibilities, 20% paid higher dividends to their shareholders while 13% expand their businesses. Rating the drivers of success To rate the various drivers of success, the very important rate was allocated a weight of 5 points, important was allocated a weight of 3 points and not important was allocated a weight of 1 point. The various weights were multiplied by the number of respondents who gave a particular rate and then divided by the total number of respondents to get the weighted mean. The expected mean was the weight of 3 points (weight allocated for important rate). Table 7: Rating the drivers of success Drivers of success Very Important Important Not Important Total weight Mean weight Weight 5 3 1 Learning, growth and innovation 175 84 - 259 4.11 Customer satisfaction 285 18 - 303 4.81 Improved internal business processes 180 81 - 261 4.14 Highly developed and motivated staff 140 105 - 245 3.89 Source: Research Data (2008) The results indicate that all the drivers of success had a mean value above the expected mean. The customer satisfaction had the highest mean value of 4.81, improved internal business processes had a mean of 4.14, and learning, growth and innovation had a mean of 4.11, while highly motivated staff had the lowest mean of 3.89. This indicates that, on average, all the four measures are viewed to be more than important drivers of the firms’ success.
  • 7. European Journal of Business and Management www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol.5, No.9, 2013 87 Table 8: Measures of success Measures Frequency Percentage Financial gains 29 27% Customer satisfaction 56 51% More developed internal processes 10 9% Highly developed and motivated staff 14 13% Totals 109 100% Source: Research Data (2008) Finings reveal that majority (51%) of the firms measure their success based on the satisfaction of their customers, 27% consider financial gains, 13% consider highly developed and motivated staff while only 9% gauge their performance on more improved internal business processes. DISCUSSIONS The first objective was to ascertain whether the Balanced Scorecard is being used to measure and manage performance in the service sector. Findings revealed that, though differently, all firms develop their employees’ skills and performance. Firms invest in training, innovation and customer satisfaction as such; the four perspectives of the BSC are the most important drivers of a firm’s success. The second objective was examining the perceptions of the service sector managers regarding the BSC concept. Firms rated the four BSC perspectives as very important drivers of success. It was revealed that most managers strongly agreed that improvement in one BSC perspective led to improvement in the other perspectives. The third objective was to assess the effect of the BSC on the firm’s overall performance. All firms develop their employees’ skills and performance which led to increased efficiency in their internal business processes. This led to improved customer satisfaction and increased market share, which in turn led to an increase in the firm’s profitability. It was affirmed that increased profitability boosted the other functions of the firms which improved rewards to employees and more participation in corporate social responsibilities. It also gave the firms a positive public image and increased competitiveness. CONCLUSIONS The BSC emphasizes performance measurement and management in four key business areas. These four perspectives provide a comprehensive evaluation of the organization than the traditional emphasis on tangible and financial assets of the organization. This is because learning improves the internal business processes; this improvement leads to improved customer satisfaction; which in turn leads to improved financial results. The BSC emphasizes improvement and if an organization does not continually improve, it will eventually lose out to competitors that do. Incorporating these perspectives in the BSC offers a framework for translating strategic objectives into performance measurements that gauge the effects of implemented strategies and provide feedback on the performance of strategic initiatives. The BSC offers some useful generic performance measurements that apply to practically all organizations. Firms, small or large, need to know how they measure up to their own goals and standards, and the BSC can give them the advantage they need to evaluate themselves accurately and, as a result, place themselves in a better position to compete. The main goal for all businesses is to manage their overall performance so that they can make a profit. REFERENCES Abernathy, W. B. (2000). Managing without supervising: Creating an organization-wide performance system Memphis, TN: William B. Abernathy Atkinson, A.A. & Kaplan, R. S. (2003) Management Accounting, Prentice - Hall of India, New Delhi, 3rd Ed.), Bourne, M. (2002) The emperor’s new scorecard Financial World, August: 48-51 Chabrow, E. (2002). Keep ’em happy. Information Week, September 23 907, 20-22. Chaudron, D. (2003). The Balanced Scorecard & Performance Improvement: Available from http://www.organizedchange.com/balancedscorecard.htm [Accessed: 12 May, 2008]
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