Title: A balanced scorecard approach to performance management for a national R&D programme in Korea

Authors: Jae-Keun Lee, Pilky Hong

Addresses: E-commerce Department, Semyung University, Sinwoul-dong 579, Jecheon-city, Chungbuk 390-711, Korea. ' Department of Business Administration, Seoul Digital University, Shinsa-dong 634-10, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-895, Korea

Abstract: To increase national competitiveness, Korean Government devotes herself to nation-wide expansion of technological capability. As a result, the National R&D Programme has increased in size as well as in number. The Korean government introduced a performance-based budgeting regime to reinforce the |accountability| in public sector, emphasising its conformance by managing strategically a programme to its mission. A Balanced Scorecard (BSC) approach is suggested as an elaborate tool for measuring its performance. However, the premise and logic of ordinary BSC cannot be directly applied to a programme. This study discusses necessary conditions for proper application of BSC into it, and suggests a BSC variant.

Keywords: BSC; balanced scorecard; national R&D programme; performance management; technology planning; Korea; research and development; public sector accountability.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTIP.2009.029376

International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning, 2009 Vol.5 No.4, pp.373 - 385

Published online: 28 Nov 2009 *

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