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'''Robert Samuel Kaplan''' (born 1940) is an American accounting academic, and Emeritus Professor of Leadership Development at the [[Harvard Business School]] |
'''Robert Samuel Kaplan''' (born 1940) is an American accounting academic, and Emeritus Professor of Leadership Development at the [[Harvard Business School]]. He is known as co-creator of [[Balanced scorecard|Balanced Scorecard]].<ref>[[Delone, William H.]], and [[Ephraim R. McLean]]. "The DeLone and McLean model of information systems success: a ten-year update." Journal of management information systems 19.4 (2003): 9-30.</ref><ref>Johnson, Gerry, Kevan Scholes, and [[Richard Whittington (academic)|Richard Whittington]]. ''Exploring corporate strategy: Text and cases.'' Pearson Education, 2008.</ref> together with [[David P. Norton]]. |
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== Biography == |
== Biography == |
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Kaplan started his academic career at [[Tepper School of Business]] at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1968. Kaplan did Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Electrical Engineering at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. |
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Kaplan obtained his BS in Electrical Engineering at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], where he also obtained his MS in Electrical Engineering. For his graduate studies he moved to the [[Cornell University]], where he obtained his PhD in [[Operations research|Operations Research]]. Since the 1990s he has been awarded honorary doctorates by the [[University of Stuttgart]] in 1994, the [[University of Łódź|University of Lodz]] in 2006, and the [[University of Waterloo]] in 2008.<ref name="HBS 2015">[http://www.people.hbs.edu/rkaplan/ Robert S. Kaplan] profile at Harvard Business School. Accessed 10.02.2015</ref> |
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Kaplan joined the [[Harvard Business School]] |
Later, Kaplan joined the role of Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at [[Harvard Business School]]<ref name="HBS 2015">[http://www.people.hbs.edu/rkaplan/ Robert S. Kaplan] profile at Harvard Business School. Accessed 10.02.2015</ref> in 1984 after serving as a Dean at [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie-Mellon University]] from 1977 to 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6487|title=Robert S. Kaplan - Faculty - Harvard Business School|last=Kaplan|first=Robert S.|website=www.hbs.edu|language=English|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> |
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For PhD in [[Operations research|Operations Research]], he moved to the [[Cornell University]]. He was awarded honorary doctorates by the [[University of Stuttgart]] in 1994, the [[University of Łódź|University of Lodz]] in 2006, and the [[University of Waterloo]] in 2008.<ref name="HBS 2015" /> |
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After his graduation Kaplan started his academic career at [[Tepper School of Business]] at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1968, and served as its dean from 1977 to 1983. In 1984 he moved to the [[Harvard Business School]], where he was appointed Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development.<ref name="HBS 2015"/> |
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In 2006, Kaplan was |
In 2006, Kaplan's name was added to the [[Accounting Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aaahq.org/Accounting-Hall-of-Fame/members/2006/Robert-Samuel-Kaplan |title=Robert Samuel Kaplan |publisher=[[American Accounting Association]] |accessdate=2020-02-19 }}</ref> In the same year, he received the Lifetime Contribution Award from the Management Accounting Section of the [[American Accounting Association]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2006/mar/educatorresearcherlaudedformanagementinsights.html |title=Educator/Researcher Lauded for Management Insights |date=March 2006 |publisher=[[American Accounting Association]] |accessdate=2020-02-19 |quote=Robert S. Kaplan, PhD., received the 2006 Lifetime Contribution Award from the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA). }}</ref> |
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== Work == |
== Work == |
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Kaplan and [[David P. Norton]] created the [[balanced scorecard|Balanced Scorecard]], a means of linking a company's current actions to its long-term goals. Kaplan and Norton introduced the balanced scorecard method in their 1992 ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'' article, ''The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance''. |
Kaplan and [[David P. Norton]] created the [[balanced scorecard|Balanced Scorecard]], a means of linking a company's current actions to its long-term goals. Kaplan and Norton introduced the balanced scorecard method in their 1992 ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'' article, ''The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance''. |
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This method has been endorsed by companies from every industry and corner of the world as evidenced by the Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy and Bain & Company's Management Tools and Trends report.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/research-and-impact/awards-program/balanced-scorecard-hall-of-fame#content|title=Palladium - Awards Program|website=www.thepalladiumgroup.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/management-tools-and-trends-2015.aspx|title=Management Tools & Trends 2015 - Bain Brief|website=www.bain.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-24}}</ref> He has also published in the fields of [[strategy]], [[cost accounting]] and [[management accounting]]. He is a co-founder, with [[David P. Norton]], of ESM Software Group, and has been integrally involved in the thought leadership work of [[Palladium International]] and its past iterations (i.e., Palladium Group, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Renaissance Worldwide).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aadvice.lt/en/useful-information/news/palladium-joins-forces-with-grm-futures-group-240|title=Palladium Joins Forces with GRM Futures Group - News - Advanced Advice|website=www.aadvice.lt|language=en|access-date=2017-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sudokkho.org/2015/08/21/grm-international-rebranded-as-palladium/|title=Sudokkho {{!}} GRM International rebranded as Palladium|access-date=2017-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thepalladiumgroup.com/who/our-purpose|title=Palladium - Our Purpose|website=thepalladiumgroup.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-13}}</ref> Norton and Kaplan remain affiliated with Palladium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/what/event/Kaplan-Norton-Balanced-Scorecard-Training-With-Certification-Oct16|title=Palladium - Kaplan-Norton Balanced Scorecard Training *With Certification*|website=www.thepalladiumgroup.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite |
This method has been endorsed by companies from every industry and corner of the world as evidenced by the Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy and Bain & Company's Management Tools and Trends report.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/research-and-impact/awards-program/balanced-scorecard-hall-of-fame#content|title=Palladium - Awards Program|website=www.thepalladiumgroup.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-03|archive-date=2018-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706172309/http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/research-and-impact/awards-program/balanced-scorecard-hall-of-fame#content|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/management-tools-and-trends-2015.aspx|title=Management Tools & Trends 2015 - Bain Brief|website=www.bain.com|date=10 June 2015 |language=en|access-date=2017-05-24}}</ref> He has also published in the fields of [[strategy]], [[cost accounting]] and [[management accounting]]. He is a co-founder, with [[David P. Norton]], of ESM Software Group, and has been integrally involved in the thought leadership work of [[Palladium International]] and its past iterations (i.e., Palladium Group, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Renaissance Worldwide).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aadvice.lt/en/useful-information/news/palladium-joins-forces-with-grm-futures-group-240|title=Palladium Joins Forces with GRM Futures Group - News - Advanced Advice|website=www.aadvice.lt|language=en|access-date=2017-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sudokkho.org/2015/08/21/grm-international-rebranded-as-palladium/|title=Sudokkho {{!}} GRM International rebranded as Palladium|access-date=2017-03-13|archive-date=2017-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904012612/http://sudokkho.org/2015/08/21/grm-international-rebranded-as-palladium/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thepalladiumgroup.com/who/our-purpose|title=Palladium - Our Purpose|website=thepalladiumgroup.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-13|archive-date=2018-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831074956/http://thepalladiumgroup.com/who/our-purpose|url-status=dead}}</ref> Norton and Kaplan remain affiliated with Palladium.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/what/event/Kaplan-Norton-Balanced-Scorecard-Training-With-Certification-Oct16|title=Palladium - Kaplan-Norton Balanced Scorecard Training *With Certification*|website=www.thepalladiumgroup.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-13|archive-date=2017-03-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313131123/http://www.thepalladiumgroup.com/what/event/Kaplan-Norton-Balanced-Scorecard-Training-With-Certification-Oct16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/palladium-announces-2015-hall-of-fame-for-executing-strategy-300174878.html|title=Palladium Announces 2015 Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy|last=Palladium|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2017-03-13}}</ref> |
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'''Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC)''' |
'''Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC)''' |
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Kaplan and Steven Anderson co-developed time-driven activity-based costing, or TDABC, a methodology for companies to fully understand costs and to assist them to get on a simpler and more powerful path to increased profits. Most recently, this methodology is being applied to healthcare, in order to measure health care delivery costs across an entire care continuum, at the medical condition level.<ref>{{cite news | |
Kaplan and Steven Anderson co-developed time-driven activity-based costing, or TDABC, a methodology for companies to fully understand costs and to assist them to get on a simpler and more powerful path to increased profits. Most recently, this methodology is being applied to healthcare, in order to measure health care delivery costs across an entire care continuum, at the medical condition level.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Robert S. |last2=Anderson |first2=Steven R. |url=https://hbr.org/2004/11/time-driven-activity-based-costing |title=Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing |work=[[Harvard Business Review]] |publisher=Harvard Business Publishing |date=2004-11-01 |accessdate=2020-02-19 }}</ref> |
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Kaplan is also a prolific case writer and have featured among the top 40 case authors consistently, since the list was first published in 2016 by The Case Centre. He ranked 32nd In 2018/19,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2018/19|url=https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2019/intro|access-date=2020-06-18|website=thecasecentre.org|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616095148/https://thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2019/intro|url-status=dead}}</ref> 12th in 2017/18,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2017/18|url=https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2018/intro|access-date=2020-06-18|website=thecasecentre.org|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026104321/https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2018/intro|url-status=dead}}</ref> 18th in 2016/17<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2016/17|url=https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2017/intro/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=thecasecentre.org|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618064823/https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2017/intro/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 12th in 2015/16.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2015/16|url=https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2016/intro/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=thecasecentre.org|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505224801/https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2016/intro|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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He also featured on the list of The Case Centre's all-time top authors list (covering 40 years) released in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=40th anniversary bestselling author: Christopher Bartlett|url=https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/aboutus/40anniversary/bestsellingauthors/bartlett|access-date=2020-06-18|website=thecasecentre.org|language=en|archive-date=2020-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618170855/https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/aboutus/40anniversary/bestsellingauthors/bartlett|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Robert S. Kaplan | |
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Born | Robert Samuel Kaplan 2 May 1940 |
Occupation(s) | Accounting academic and professor |
Academic background | |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S. and M.S.) Cornell University (Ph.D.) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Leadership Development |
Institutions | Harvard Business School Carnegie-Mellon University (1977–1983) |
Main interests | Activity-based costing (ABC) and the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) |
Robert Samuel Kaplan (born 1940) is an American accounting academic, and Emeritus Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is known as co-creator of Balanced Scorecard.[1][2] together with David P. Norton.
Biography
[edit]Kaplan started his academic career at Tepper School of Business at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1968. Kaplan did Bachelors in Electrical Engineering and Masters in Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Later, Kaplan joined the role of Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School[3] in 1984 after serving as a Dean at Carnegie-Mellon University from 1977 to 1983.[4]
For PhD in Operations Research, he moved to the Cornell University. He was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Stuttgart in 1994, the University of Lodz in 2006, and the University of Waterloo in 2008.[3]
In 2006, Kaplan's name was added to the Accounting Hall of Fame.[5] In the same year, he received the Lifetime Contribution Award from the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association.[6]
Work
[edit]Balanced Scorecard
[edit]Kaplan and David P. Norton created the Balanced Scorecard, a means of linking a company's current actions to its long-term goals. Kaplan and Norton introduced the balanced scorecard method in their 1992 Harvard Business Review article, The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance.
This method has been endorsed by companies from every industry and corner of the world as evidenced by the Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy and Bain & Company's Management Tools and Trends report.[7][8] He has also published in the fields of strategy, cost accounting and management accounting. He is a co-founder, with David P. Norton, of ESM Software Group, and has been integrally involved in the thought leadership work of Palladium International and its past iterations (i.e., Palladium Group, Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Renaissance Worldwide).[9][10][11] Norton and Kaplan remain affiliated with Palladium.[12][13]
Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC)
Kaplan and Steven Anderson co-developed time-driven activity-based costing, or TDABC, a methodology for companies to fully understand costs and to assist them to get on a simpler and more powerful path to increased profits. Most recently, this methodology is being applied to healthcare, in order to measure health care delivery costs across an entire care continuum, at the medical condition level.[14]
Kaplan is also a prolific case writer and have featured among the top 40 case authors consistently, since the list was first published in 2016 by The Case Centre. He ranked 32nd In 2018/19,[15] 12th in 2017/18,[16] 18th in 2016/17[17] and 12th in 2015/16.[18]
He also featured on the list of The Case Centre's all-time top authors list (covering 40 years) released in 2014.[19]
Selected publications
[edit]Books and Textbooks, a selection:
- Kaplan, R. S., Serafeim, George, & Tugendhat, Eduardo (2018, January/February). Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality. Harvard Business Review.
- Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage. Harvard Business Press, 2008.
- Kaplan, Robert S., and Steven R. Anderson. Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits. Harvard Business Press, 2007
- Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. Alignment: Using the Balanced Scorecard to Create Corporate Synergies. Harvard Business Press, 2006.
- Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. Strategy Maps: Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes. Harvard Business Press, 2004.
- Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment. Harvard Business Press, 2000.
- Cooper, Robin, and Robert S. Kaplan. The design of cost management systems: text and cases. Prentice Hall, 1999.
- Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action. Harvard Business Press, 1996.
Articles, a selection:
- Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality." Harvard Business Review 96.1 (2018)
- Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System." Harvard Business Review 74.1 (1996): 75-85.
- Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. "The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action." Harvard Business Press, 1996.
- Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. , "The Balanced Scorecard: Measures That Drive Performance," Harvard Business Review, Jan.–Feb. 1992
- Johnson, H. Thomas, and Robert S. Kaplan. "The rise and fall of management accounting." Engineering Management Review, IEEE 15.3 (1987): 36-44.
References
[edit]- ^ Delone, William H., and Ephraim R. McLean. "The DeLone and McLean model of information systems success: a ten-year update." Journal of management information systems 19.4 (2003): 9-30.
- ^ Johnson, Gerry, Kevan Scholes, and Richard Whittington. Exploring corporate strategy: Text and cases. Pearson Education, 2008.
- ^ a b Robert S. Kaplan profile at Harvard Business School. Accessed 10.02.2015
- ^ Kaplan, Robert S. "Robert S. Kaplan - Faculty - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
- ^ "Robert Samuel Kaplan". American Accounting Association. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Educator/Researcher Lauded for Management Insights". American Accounting Association. March 2006. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
Robert S. Kaplan, PhD., received the 2006 Lifetime Contribution Award from the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA).
- ^ "Palladium - Awards Program". www.thepalladiumgroup.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-06. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ "Management Tools & Trends 2015 - Bain Brief". www.bain.com. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
- ^ "Palladium Joins Forces with GRM Futures Group - News - Advanced Advice". www.aadvice.lt. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ "Sudokkho | GRM International rebranded as Palladium". Archived from the original on 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ "Palladium - Our Purpose". thepalladiumgroup.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ "Palladium - Kaplan-Norton Balanced Scorecard Training *With Certification*". www.thepalladiumgroup.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ Palladium. "Palladium Announces 2015 Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2017-03-13.
- ^ Kaplan, Robert S.; Anderson, Steven R. (2004-11-01). "Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing". Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business Publishing. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2018/19". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2017/18". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ "Our Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2016/17". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ "Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2015/16". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- ^ "40th anniversary bestselling author: Christopher Bartlett". thecasecentre.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
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[edit]- 1940 births
- Living people
- Accounting academics
- American business theorists
- MIT School of Engineering alumni
- Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management alumni
- Carnegie Mellon University faculty
- Harvard Business School faculty
- Directors of Harvard Management Company
- Business educators
- Bestselling case authors