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Performance Prism

Performance Management Fundamentals

Lecture 9

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The Performance Prism

• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Strategies
• Processes
• Capabilities
• Stakeholder Contribution

The Five Facets of the Performance Prism

The performance prism; adopted from Neely (2002 )

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The Premise

• Investors
• Employees
• Customers & Intermediaries
• Regulators & Communities
• Suppliers

Successful organisations

understand the requirement to 

satisfy the Wants and Needs 

of multiple Stakeholders

Organisations have 

reciprocal Wants and Needs 

of its stakeholders

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The performance prism, Neely et al. ( 2002 )

The Performance Prism

Processes

Satisfaction

Delivery

Strategic 
Direction

Solutions

Development

Stakeholder

Demand

Stakeholder

Satisfaction

Stakeholder
Contribution

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The Facets

The links between them are through a cause-effect relationship

Stakeholder

Satisfaction 

Measures

Strategies

Measures

Processes

Measures

Capabilities

Measures

Stakeholder

Contribution

Measures

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Stakeholder Perspective

Shareholders

Customers

Employees

Communities

Who are our key stakeholders and 

what do they want and need?

Are we going to deliver 
against our shareholder 
expectations for the year ?

Are we delivering against 
our customer’s 
expectations  ?

Are we delivering against 
our employee’s 
expectations ?

Are we delivering against 
our external partner’s 
expectations  ?

Processes

Satisfaction

Delivery

Strategic
Direction

Solutions

Development

Stakeholder

Demand

Stakeholder
Satisfaction

Stakeholder
Contribution

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Strategies Facet

What strategies are we pursuing to 

satisfy these wants and needs?

• Corporate
• Business Unit
• Operating

• Brands / Product / 

Service

Shareholders

Customers

Employees

Communities

Are our cost and revenue 
management strategies 
working  ?

Are our customer 
service strategies 
working ?

Are our employee 
satisfaction 
strategies working ?

Are our external 
partners 
management 
strategies working ?

Processes

Satisfaction

Delivery

Strategic
Direction

Solutions

Development

Stakeholder

Demand

Stakeholder
Satisfaction

Stakeholder
Contribution

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Process Facet

Generate Demand

Develop Products and Services

Plan & Manage Enterprise

Fulfil Demand

Processes

Satisfaction

Delivery

Strategic
Direction

Solutions

Development

Stakeholder

Demand

Stakeholder

Satisfaction

Stakeholder

Contribution

Shareholders

Customers

Employees

Communities

Are the processes in place 
to support our cost and 
revenue management 
strategies?

Are the processes in 
place to support our 
customer service 
strategies?

Are the processes in 
place to support our 
employee 
satisfaction 
strategies?

Are the processes in 
place to support our 
external partner 
management 
strategies?

What processes do we need to put in 

place to enable us to achieve these 

strategies?

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Capability Facet

Shareholders

Customers

Employees

Communities

Do we have capabilities to 
support our cost and revenue 
management strategies in both 
the short and long term?

Do we have capabilities to 
support our customer 
service strategies in both 
the short and long term?

Do we have capabilities to 
support our employee 
satisfaction strategies in 
both the short and long 
term?

Do we have capabilities 
to support our external 
partner management 
strategies in both the 
short and long term?

What capabilities do we require if 

we are to operate organisation 

processes?

Processes

Satisfaction

Delivery

Strategic

Direction

Solutions

Development

Stakeholder

Demand

Stakeholder
Satisfaction

Stakeholder
Contribution

• Technology
• Practices

• Infrastructure
• People

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Stakeholder Perspective

Shareholders

Customers

Employees

Communities

Are we getting what we 

want and need from 

shareholders ?

Are we getting what 

we want and need 

from customer ?

Are we getting what 

we want and need 

from employees ?

Are we getting what we 

want and need from 

external partners ?

What do we want and need from our stakeholders to 

enable all of company business performance 

management to happen?

Processes

Satisfaction

Delivery

Strategic

Direction

Solutions

Development

Stakeholder

Demand

Stakeholder
Satisfaction

Stakeholder
Contribution

• Investors
• Customers & 

Intermediaries

• Regulators & 

Communities / Pressure 

Groups

• Suppliers
• Alliance Partners
• Employees

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How it affects measures design

Stakeholder

Wants and Needs

Who are our key stakeholders and 

what do they want and need?

Strategies

What strategies are we pursuing to 

satisfy these wants and needs?

Processes

What processes do we need to put in place 

to enable us to achieve these strategies?

Capabilities

What capabilities do we require if we 

are to operate these processes?

Organisation 

Wants and Needs

What do we want and need from our 

stakeholders to enable all of this to happen?

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• Addresses all Stakeholders

• Identifies critical Strategy realization measurement issues

• Focuses on measuring the key Process architecture and design 

elements

• Ensures essential Capability development components get 

included

• Allows ‘drilling’ to a framework

• Is three-dimensional

Performance Prism 

– Key Features