Discuss key financial performance indicators

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The International Accountants' Association is a professional association. Its current membership totals 97,600 worldwide. The association operates from a central headquarters in New Zealand but has local membership units throughout the world. The local units hold monthly meetings to discuss recent developments in accounting and to hear professional speakers on topics of interest. The association's journal, International Accountant, is published monthly with feature ankles and topical interest areas. The association publishes books and reports and sponsors continuing education courses. A statement of revenues and expenses follows:

INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTS ASSOCIATION

Statement of Revenues and Express

For Year Ending November 30, 2014

Revenues

 

 $26,700,000

Expenses

 

 

   Salaries

$14,000,000

 

   Other personal costs

3,400,000

 

   Occupancy costs

2,000,000

 

Reimbursement to local units

800,000

 

    Other membership services

500,000

 

    Printing and paper

320,000

 

Postage and shipping

114,000

 

General and administrative

538,000

(21,672,000)

Excess of revenues over expenses

 

$5,028,000

Additional information follows:

  • Membership dues are $200 per year, of which $50 is considered to cover a one-year subscription to the association's journal. Other benefits include membership in the association and unit affiliation.
  • One-year subscriptions to International Accountant are sold to nonmembers for $80 each. A total of 2,500 of these subscriptions were sold. In addition to subscriptions, the journal generated $200,000 in advertising revenue. The cost per magazine was $20.
  • A total of 30,000 technical reports were sold by the Books and Reports Department at an average unit selling price of $45. Average costs per publication were $12.
  • The association offers a variety of continuing education courses to both members and nonmembers. During 2014, the one-day course, which cost participants an average of $250 each, was attended by 31,300 people. A total of 1,985 people took two-day courses at a cost of $400 per person.
  • General and administrative expenses include all other costs incurred by the corporate staff to operate the association.
  • The organization has net capital assets of $44,000,000 and had an actual cost of capital of 11 percent.

Required

a. Give some examples of key financial performance indicators (no computations needed) that could be part of a balanced scorecard for the IAA.

b. Give some examples of key customer and operating performance indicators (no computations needed) that could be part of a balanced scorecard for IAA.

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