Posted: September 13th, 2017

Information (Circle the correct number).

Information (Circle the correct number).

Gender is      1. Female    2. Male
Citizenship is    1. Local (UAE)    2. Non-Local
The size of my organization is:        1. Less than 20 employees                                                   2. between 21 and 50 employees        3. between 51 and 100    4. between 101 and 500         5. Over 500
Age is         1. below 20    2. 20 to 30    3. above 30
Work experience with this organization is    1. below 5    2. 5 to 10    3. above 10
The company I am working with is        1. Governmental      2. Private    3. Semi Governmental    4. Free zone
My job level is:    1. Senior Management          2.Middle Management        3. Supervisory level        4. Employee
My department unit is:    1. IT        2. Finance      3.HRM    4. Customer Service    5. Operation         6. Administration
The industry my organization is in       1. Petro Chemicals    2. Construction/ Real estate    3. Transportation    4. Employment Business    5. Communication        6. Banking, Finance/insurance
7. Healthcare    8. Retail sales    9. Tourism/Hotel/ Restaurant    10. Automotive    11. Consumer products    12. Legal

Part 2: The Orientation toward Financial and Non- Financial Measures (Adapted from:  Kaskey, V. L. (2008) (Circle the correct number)
Typically, the annual, semi-annual, quarterly or monthly performance reviews are used as a method for providing feedback and guidance to the decision makers regarding their performance and future actions. The results of these reviews are used in several ways such as determining merit raises and year-end bonuses. Please indicate the extent of your agreement with each of the following questions by circling a number on the scale below the question, about your company’s orientation toward the usage and the significance of Financial and Non- Financial Measures, with (1) being strongly disagree and (5) strongly agree.
1. Financial Vs. Non- Financial Measures    Strongly Disagree    Disagree    Neither Agree Nor Disagree    Agree    Strongly Agree
The financial measures should be used more heavily than the non-financial measures when making strategy decisions.    1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0Financial measures are trustworthy and reliable methods compared to customer related, internal processes, and learning and growth to determine success of your company.    1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0The BSC (financial and non- financial) results can be used to make strategy decisions at the corporate level, since the data is consistent with data managers use to make strategy decisions.    1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0The non-financial measures of the BSC such as learning and growth, internal processes, and customer-relations are more important in determining success of your company than the financial measures of the BSC.    1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0Financial performance measures should be emphasized when analyzing BSC results.    1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0More emphasis should be placed on non-financial measures of the BSC because non-financial measures are more flexible and reliable than financial measures.    1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0Financial measures are unreliable and undependable compared to customer-related, internal process, and learning and growth to determine success of your company.    1 0
2 0
3 0
4 0
5 0