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The Balanced Scorecard was developed in the early 1990s by two guys at the Harvard
Business School: Robert Kaplan and David Norton. The key problem that Kaplan and
Norton identified in the business of the day was that many companies tended to
manage their businesses based solely on financial measures. While that may have
worked well in the past, the pace of business in todays world requires more
comprehensive measures. Though financial measures are necessary, they can only
report what has happened in the past where a business has been, but not where it is
headed. Its like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror. To provide a
management system that was better at dealing with todays business pace and to
provide business managers with the information they need to make better decisions,
Kaplan and Norton developed the Balanced Scorecard.
Balanced Scorecard is actually a management system not a measurement system.
Yes it is true, measurement is a key aspect of the Balanced Scorecard, but it is much
more than just measurement; it is a means to setting and achieving the strategic goals
and objectives for your organization. In short, its a management system that enables
your organization to set, track, and achieve its key business strategies and
objectives. The balanced scorecard approach allows managers to more easily identify
the aspects of the business they need to monitor more closely, and highlight the areas
that need improvement. By taking a holistic approach, the balanced scorecard system
also lets managers monitor what company-wide objectives have been met, and what is
needed to achieve strategic goals. Managers waste less time monitoring and have an
increased understanding of the steps needed to achieve their goals.
There are four aspects to track where is our business at and how well are the
organizations doing; Each initiatives in perspective is related and supported to achieve
the companys goal, which is to produce operational and financial performance that is
optimal for the sake of fulfilling stakeholders trust.
o Customer: measures your customers satisfaction and their performance
requirements, for your organization and what it delivers, whether its products or
services.
o Financial: tracks your financial requirements and performance.
o Motivated/educated employees
o Monitored progress
I. Company Profile
Garuda Indonesia officially became a state company in 1950. At that time, the
company has 38 planes consisting of 22 types DC3, 8 Catalina sea planes
and eight aircraft types Convair 240. The company's fleet continues to grow,
until finally in 1956, for the first time Garuda Indonesia passenger-carrying
pilgrims to Mecca. Garuda Indonesia started his flying trip to Europe in 1965
with final destination Amsterdam.
Each initiatives in perspective is related and supported to achieve the companys goal,
which is to produce operational and financial performance that is optimal for the sake of
fulfilling stakeholders trust.
V. Comparison
First of all, Garuda Indonesia used its balance scorecard not involving their
targets. The comparison we have here between Garuda Indonesia and
Southwest Airlines is that in the world of commercial flights, Southwest
Airlines is known to have a special characteristic, namely cheap airfares. To
be able to offer services such low cost, there are a number of factors that
determine, but the most visible is, during the flight does not provide a full
meal, there is only peanuts and snacks. Additionally Southwest Airlines only
operate one type of aircraft, the Boeing 737. This policy allows the company
to cut the cost of care and training of the crew, as well as providing reliable
services. The choice will obviously been taken into account, and it was very
well received by customers. In fact, consumer commercial aircraft is more like
the core offer of the airline, which is the cheap fares, low timely and
satisfactory service. Which in contrast, Garuda Indonesia offered high quality
services with excellence food and beverages, cabin staff services, Wifi
connection and inflight entertainment. For Garuda Indonesia, services is
number one instead of that the fare which is not too costly but still not
affordable for some people in Indonesia. With the same objectives in every
legs/perspective, Southwest Airlines preferably to offer the time management
quality other than services, which in contrast, Garuda Indonesia offers the
best services in every airlines in Indonesia rather than considering the cost of
the tickets.