It can be stated that performance measurement is the foundation of performance management in any construction organisation. Traditional financial performance measurement is not capable of capturing the true performance of an organisation. Thus the results of such financial performance measurement can not be used by managers to derive future performance in their organisations. The balanced scorecard (BSC) performance measurement approach used in other industries has been proposed for construction, as it takes into account critical wider perspectives. However, the construction BSC consists of four perspectives that are highly suitable for construction industry, namely business development, stakeholder management, process management, and innovation and learning. The primary objective of the research is to develop a balanced scorecard framework for construction contractors and measure performance of contractors using that framework. The results of the questionnaire s urvey carried out and follow-up interviews conducted among 34 senior managers in Melbourne revealed that the above performance measurement framework is appropriate to use in a contracting organisation. The respondents perceive that the process management perspective measurement is more desirable than others. The stakeholder management perspective received moderate rating, while business development and innovation and learning perspectives both received average importance rating by the respondents. An actual performance measurement carried out on seven contractors in Melbourne to illustrate the use of the BSC performance as a strategic performance management tool in construction reveals the following: 1. Contractors' current performance levels in regard to process management and business development are moderately high, while stakeholder management and innovation and learning performance are perceived to be average. The contractors also perceive that performance in regard to stakeholder management is of higher significance for their business success, and 2. Performance with regard to managing employees and launching knowledge management initiatives was found to be low, so there is much room for improvement. Human resource management (HRM) is managing employees to develop and utilise their full potential in alignment with organisational objectives. It is recommended that contractors have to introduce new strategies for HRM. The HRM strategies should focus on recruitment, training and development activities of employees. Apart from HRM, the knowledge management (KM) also needs attention. The KM can be stated as effective use of available resources to increase the level of learning and innovation in the organisation. To enhance performance of KM contractors have to conduct project reviews on completion of every project and document useful information. This would enable managers to discuss company-wide performance at management meetings and further scrutinise this information. Having separate Balanced Scorecards for HRM and KM is expected to bring enormous advantages for a contracting company.

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Syfte: Syftet är att skapa förståelse för hur offentliga sjukvårdsorganisationer har anpassat Balanced Scorecard med avseende på kund- och ekonomiperspektiv. Metod: Studien har genomförts utifrån en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Studien har inspireratsav ett hermeneutiskt synsätt. Data har samlats in från ett dussin intervjuer som sedan analyserats med hjälp av tidigare forskning. Resultat & slutsats: Balanced Scorecard är begränsad i sin utformning p.g.a. politikerna. Styrkortets ekonomiska perspektiv är lika viktig som de andra perspektiven men perspektivet är begränsat eftersom sjukvården inte kan påverka budget. Kundperspektivet fokuserar på nationella riktlinjer där väntetider har fått ett stort fokus. Förslag till fortsattforskning: Studien har endast utförts inom ett landsting i Sverige och därför anser vi att fortsatta studier skulle kunna utforska hur andra sjukhus inom andra landsting har anpassat sitt styrkort. Uppsatsens bidrag: Studien bidrar med att stärka tidigare forskning kring vilka perspektiv somanvänds inom den offentliga sjukvården samt hur den offentliga sjukvården använder ekonomi och kundperspektivet. / Aim: The aim is to create an understanding of how public health organizations have adapted the Balanced Scorecard with regard to customer and economics perspective. Method: The study was conducted based on a qualitative research method. The study was inspired by a hermeneutic approach. Data were collected from 12 interviews which then were analyzed with help of previous research. Result & Conclusions: The Balanced Scorecard is limited in its design because of the politicians. The economic perspective is as important as the other perspectives but the perspective is limited because the health care can not affect the budget. The customer perspective focuses on national guidelines where waiting times have been a major focus. Suggestions for future research: The study only includes studies within one county council and we therefore believe that future studies could explore how other hospitals in other county councils have adapted their scorecards.