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"Companies can gain a real competitive advantage from managing their performance effectively. This book is bristling with ideas, tools and practical examples of how your business can manage performance better."
Mark Baker, Head of Risk and Assurance for Pentland Brands

"Mike & Pippa Bourne have really covered the field with this book – from the practical tools to the conceptual approaches. A thoughtful but highly practical approach to corporate performance measurement and management."
Paul Woodward, CEO Sue Ryder - Former CEO Schering UK

"The theory of corporate performance management is not complicated but putting it into practice is quite another issue. This book explains very clearly the underpinning theory and it also provides examples of how leaders have tackled some of the thorny problems associated with implementation."
Mike Ophield, Managing Director, Crowcon

"If you are finding it hard to implement your strategy then it's time to read this book. Corporate Performance Management will take you through the tools and approaches to ensure your strategy is executed and to manage the resulting performance."
Andrew Brodie, HR Director, Faccenda Group

MIKE BOURNE is Professor of Business Performance and Director of the Centre for Business Performance at Cranfield University's School of Management. Before joining academia, Mike spent 15 years in business, with roles in production management, strategy and acquisitions, HR, and general management. He gained his PhD from the University of Cambridge. His current research focuses on corporate performance measurement and management and he has spent the last fifteen years working with companies supporting senior management teams through the process of designing, implementing and using performance management techniques. He has worked with, and been consulted by, a number of organisations including Accenture, Amadeus, BAe Systems, DB Schenker, European Central Bank, Lloyds TSB, McCormick Europe, NHBC, Oki Europe, PWC, Schering, Thales, Tube Lines and Unilever. He has authored over 100 publications and speaks internationally on the theme of business performance.

PIPPA BOURNE is Regional Director for ICAEW, the membership organisation supporting Chartered Accountants around the world. She has an MBA and is a chartered marketer and has experience in marketing and general management roles. In her early business career she held marketing roles in research and analysis. Following this she ran a number of successful profit centres within a university and professional bodies. She used the Balanced Scorecard to enable a culture change within one of these organisations, refocusing the business and improving performance. She is the co-author of Balanced Scorecard – Instant Manager, Balanced Scorecard in a Week, Achieving High Performance, Motivating People and Change Management in a Week, and was an editor of the journal Measuring Business Excellence.