Strategic planning in Iranian educational organizations

Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is one of the performance measurement tools that determine intangible assets of the organization. This system is more frequently used in a Strategic Planning than performance assessment. Due to the long domination of traditional management approaches in Iranian educational systems, seldom do they use a balanced performance measurement tool. The author shows how a Strategy Map is planned for educational organizations and how necessary data are gathered with interviews held with managers who had planned strategies for their organizations and who had not, by Using BSC tool. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.