News
03/11 Acumen Integrat, in partnership with IndicatoridePerformanta.ro, launches the May 2011 edition of open courses in Performance Management.
Due to the succes of the previous edition of Performance Management courses from 2010 organized by Acumen Integrat, the first edition of courses in 2011 stands apart through a larger variety of the topics addressed, an extended team of facilitators and an increased volume of templates.
For more details, please visit the Courses catalogue.
11/10 The official launch of "Balanced Scorecard in Romania 2010" Study
Acumen Integrat has officially launched the first edition of the Balanced Scorecard in Romania Study, exclusively dedicated to the analysis of how the Balanced Scorecard concept is perceived by the the specter of professionals from Romania, as well as the use of Balanced Scorecard concept in organizations in our country.
Data collection tool used in the study is a questionnaire that can be completed online at http://www.surveymonkey.com/bscnro2010.
10/10 Solutions for improving performance
Acumen Integrat is pleased to announce the dates for its new series of open training courses - Solutions for improving performance. Organised in partnership withIndicatoridePerformanta.ro, the courses will take place in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.
For more details visit the catalogue of performance management courses.
09/10 Performance Management in 2010 - Trends and opportunities
Acumen Integrat is organising Performance Management in 2010 - Trends and opportunities, free participation symposion, dedicated to the representatives from the private, public and academic environment interested in improving performance and performance management.
The event will take place on Monday, October 4, 2010, 6 pm - 7.30 pm, City Hall of Cluj-Napoca, "Glass Hall"
08/10 Acumen Integrat, in partnership with eab group (Melbourne, Australia) has officialy launched IndicatoridePerformanta.ro, the first online platform in Romania specialized in measuring performance by the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
The platform contains more than 250 published KPIs, as well as more than 130 performance reports, illustrating the use of KPIs in practice by organizations in Romania.
We invite you to explore IndicatoridePerformanta.ro.
07/10 Official partner of PechaKucha Night, Acumen Integrat provided its support for organizing the first edition of the event in Cluj Napoca, in June 2010.
PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works and thoughts in the PechaKucha 20x20 presentation format (20 images, 20 seconds each).
For more details, please follow this link.
06/10 Acumen Integrat and eab group announce the launch in beta of indicatorideperformanta.ro, the first online database with free KPIs in Romania. The site contains hundreds of thouroughly documented KPIs that adress the needs of professionals from various functional areas and industries.
Also contained are examples of performance reports reflecting the use of performance indicators in practice and an online community where members can share knowledge.
To visit the online database in beta, please follow indicatorideperformanta.ro.
05/10 PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) conducted during 2008-2009 an exhaustive research regarding the importance of performance management in the context of a globalized economy.
Some of the most representative conclusions, were (PwC, 2009):
- Performance can be increased through best practices that drive high performance and superior results.
- Performance management practices are equally essential in both recession and growth periods.
For complete overview of the study, follow this link.
04/10: In a new press release, Gartner, a leading information technology research and advisory firm, sees major shift in CEO top priorities. According to Gartner, organizations will focus on retaining customers, as CEO priorities switch from cutting costs to enhancing existing relationships.
To access the Gartner press release, follow this link.
03/10: Gartner, a leading information technology research and advisory firm, organized in February 2010 the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit. The topics covered aspects like the evolving role of corporate performance management, identifying the right metrics to measure performance, BI market trends and the increasing impact of the mega-vendors.
More information about the summit can be found at the following link.
02/10: Acumen Integrat participated in the most recent edition of the Cluj internship programme, in colaboration with The Danis Foundation for Management Development and the Business Students Association.
This programme aims to offer to its participants the opportunity for practical learning and development, in specialized fields of work.
Through participating in this programme, Acumen Integrat is actively involved in the community life, by contributing to the youth development in Cluj-Napoca.
01/10: The Innovation for Development Report 2009-2010 was recently launched. Its purpose is to rank countries by their ability to create an environment to support and encourage innovation.
According to the Innovation Capacity Index, Romania is placed on the 47th place within the country ranking. Sweden is the top performing country in this ranking, due to its transparent government with high levels of competitiveness and productivity, and excellent policy framework that turned the private sector into the main engine of innovation.
12/09: In advance of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, there was released The Copenhagen Diagnosis: Climate Science Report, where can be visualised some of the most important environmental indicators. In the report are analysed the most significant recent climate change findings and the values the indicators reached. More details can be found here.
10/09: The presentation ”Balanced Scorecard implementation in SMEs: from theory to practice” held during the International Conference Business Excellence on 16-17 of October is now available on site. You can view it here.
RO: In order to raise awareness regarding the importance of Performance Management within Romanian organizations, Acumen Integrat launched the LinkedIn group Managementul Performantei Romania. This virtual platform connects experts and practitioners in the domain.
RO: The 2009 edition of the International Conference on Business Excellence will take place in Brasov, Romania, between the 16th and 17th of October. The list of participants and papers is now available online.
FR: The 2009 edition of the Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control will take place in France from 23 to 25 September 2009. Special guests will be Mark Epstein and Jean-Francois Manzoni.
AU: Developed over the last 2 years in Sydney, Australia, Wave was announced at Google I/O as the a revolutionary communication and collaboration tool, to be released later this year.
UK: The 2009 Performance Measurement Association Conference took place in Dunedin, New Zealand between 14-17 April 2009. Conference proceedings are now available on the conference website.
US: Microsoft has announced plans to include PerformancePoint Services as part of the next release of SharePoint Server Enterprise Edition.
UK: The next Performance Measurement Association Conference will be held in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 14-17 April 2009.
US: A new Balanced Scorecard Certification program is launched by Palladium Group's Balanced Scorecard Collaborative (BSCol) division, in association with Harvard Business School.
RO: Acumen Integrat organised between 23-24 October 2008 the training course Techniques of strategy execution and organisational performance improvement.