Kaplan, Robert S.

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KAPLAN, Robert S.

KAPLAN, Robert S. American, b. 1940. Genres: Administration/Management. Career: Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, member of industrial administration faculty, c. 1968-84, dean of Graduate School of Industrial Administration, 1977-83; Harvard University, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, faculty member, 1984-, became Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development; Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, chairman. Publications: (with H.T. Johnson) Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting, 1991; (ed.) Measures for Manufacturing Excellence, 1992; Measuring Corporate Performance (4-part videotape series), 1994; (with D. Norton) The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action, 1996; (with R. Cooper) Cost and Effect: Using Integrated Cost Systems to Drive Profitability and Performance, 1998; (with D. Norton) The Strategy-Focused Organization; coauthor of five other books. Contributor to business and management journals. Address: Harvard Business School, Morgan Hall 417, Boston, MA 02163, U.S.A.

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