O'Boyle, I.2025-12-172025-12-172011Corporate Board: role, duties and composition, 2011; 7(1):48-561810-86012312-2722https://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/155289Performance management is a process that has been used in the for-profit business environment for many years and has had significant benefit for that sector. As the not for- profit organisation enters new dimensions of competitiveness, increased professionalism and a call for greater transparency, the utility of a pe1formance management approach within the not forprofit environment and its potential benefit for such an organisation is explored. The application and appropriateness of the balanced scorecard as a measurement tool is analyzed within the article and it becomes apparent that such a tool can have a direct impact on the performance of the modern not for-profit entity.enCopyright 2011 Virtus InterPress and The Authors.performance managementnon-profit organisationscorecardJournal article10.22495/cbv7i1art42-s2.0-84901377367