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Chapter four defines the exact measurements, tracking tactics, observing, scrutinizing, and reporting methods using the quadruple bottom line strategy. It develops a progress report to ensure accountability, answerability, transparency, and good governance. The foundation for strategic resilience and sustainability planning is the ability of staff in organizations to measure, track, monitor, and communicate resilience and sustainability-related outcomes. In guaranteeing the auspicious implementation of strategic resilience and sustainability plan, organizations analyze, evaluate, and disseminate information about the outcomes and goals and track and measure them over a period of time. The most appropriate and effective tracking, monitoring, scrutinizing, and reporting the initiatives and activities include evaluating and assessing the goals, outcomes, objectives, and targets.
“Proper internal control: The third and last necessity to achieve success in business is to have a system of internal control. With a system of internal control, business transactions are recorded in such a systematic way that one may understand each one of them at glance.”
Fra Luca Paciolli (1494, pp.1–2) Particularis de Computis et Scripturis
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Alibašić, H. (2022). Measuring, Tracking, Observing, Scrutinizing and Reporting the Resilience and Sustainability Outcomes and Results. In: Strategic Resilience and Sustainability Planning. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91159-1_4
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