AEMC, Urban Forum To Present Dr Kaplan
By Surya PHA

Bandar Seri Begawan - ASEAN-EC Management Centre yesterday signed a partnership agreement with Urban Forum to jointly present Dr Robert Kaplan, the co-creator of Balanced Scorecard, to Brunei for the first time.

Signing on behalf of the centre was Pg Harun Pg Hj Aliuddin, Acting AEMC Director. Mal Tennekoon, Managing Director, represented Urban Forum.

Witnessing the signing ceremony was the guest of honour, Pg Dato Paduka Hj Abd Hamid Pg Hj Mohd Yassin, Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister's Office.

There was a special preview yesterday on the one-day seminar in April next year when Dr Kaplan will be speaking in Brunei for the first time.

The one-day seminar on April 3, 2006 is titled "Managing for Results: Using Balanced Scorecard to Achieve Better Performance and Good Governance in the Public Sector".

It is targeted at senior leaders, commanders, executive directors and managers from the government agencies, HR & Training directors, academics and executives looking for ways to improve the quality and efficiency of their operational units.

Participants can meet and question the master on executing business strategy: discover ways of meeting government performance requirements and deliver measurable results and learn how to set a strategic agenda and set performance standards.

It will help delegates understand how to meet the needs of diverse constituents: hear how other leaders in government implement change to manage constrained financial and human resources: and master strategy alignment, execution and sustainability to drive performance and governance in organisations.

Prof Kaplan is Marvin Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He has served on the Harvard Faculty for 18 years, after serving for 16 years' at the Graduate School of Administration 9GSIA), Carnegie-Mellon University.

He has authored or co-authored 12 books, 15 Harvard Business Review articles, and more than 120 other papers.

Fifty senior officers and managers yesterday attended the ceremony from the public and private sectors. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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