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'TrueValueMetrics' is being drafted into book form to help people to understand TrueValueMetrics (TVM) and the way it works. The separate chapters of the book may be downloaded as PDF files. Theindividual sections of each chapter may be viewed as separate webpages.
Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND, CONTEXT
This chapter answers some key questions. Why is this book being written? What does the writer hopes to achieve? It is time to make changes. It is time to do things differently so that there is sustainable progress. It is time for a paradigm shift. These are important issues ... this book is a starting point.
Chapter 2 - SYSTEMIC DYSFUNCTION
This chapter suggest how it is that a world with so much potential delivers so little and at such a huge cost in terms of human misery and environmental degradation. This is not the way things need to be, there is systemic dysfunction.
Chapter 3 - THERE ARE WAYS FORWARD
There are ways forward ... not one, but many. A single silver bullet is not the right approach ... rather there needs to be a use of resources that gets the most value for the society as possible. The way forward has several main components: more meaningful development data and metrics, a focus on community scale initiatives
Chapter 4 - MORE MEANINGFUL METRICS
This chapter is about metrics, and how the way the game is scored will change the way the game is played ... in this case, the game is life itself. Nothing could be more important.
Chapter 5 - ACCOUNTING'S KEY CONCEPTS
This chapter describes the key concepts of accountancy and how these may be applied for people, place and planet as well as for profit.
Chapter 6 - STATE, PROGRESS AMD PERFORMANCE
This chapter explains the connections between state, progress and performance, how they are similar to the core business accounting idea of balance sheet and profit and loss account
Chapter 7 - MONEY PROFIT VERSUS VALUADD
This chapter goes into more detail about the key differences between Money Profit Accountancy and Valuadd Accountancy. Some of this difference is due to the way the 'reporting boundary' is defined and how this changes perception of performance.
Chapter 8 - ABOUT DATA
This chapter is about data, all its characteristics and attributes. Data has to be at the center of everything, but the data have to be about fact and reality and not merely a screen created by the rich and powerful.
Chapter 9 - ABOUT DATAFLOWS
This chapter is about dataflows, where data come from and where they must go.
Chapter 10 - ANALYSIS AND REPORTING - I
(VARIOUS ELEMENTS)
This chapter is about the ways analysis may be done including a valuadd component as well as money profit. It shows how the basic money accounting framework is used and how the perspective of people, place and planet changes the measured outcomes.
Chapter 11 - ANALYSIS AND REPORTING - II
(BY REPORTING ENTITY)
This chapter describes how the focus of analysis influences the conclusions. In achieving better quality of life, impact on people, place and planet is as important as profit for the organization and its investors.
Chapter 12 - ANALYSIS AND REPORTING - III
(THEMATIC ISSUES)
This chapter describes how the focus of analysis influences the conclusions. In achieving better quality of life, all the thematic issues should be looked at not only for their immediate performance, but also taking into account the broader impact on people, place and planet.
Chapter 13 - ANALYSIS AND REPORTING - IV
This chapter describes how reporting is a key piece of the feedback essential for any high performance system, how it is present in the corporate organization but not in society and the broader economy.
Chapter 14 - PEOPLE
SECTOR PERSPECTIVE
Resources are both money and material AND natural. This second section of resources address the following:
human resources,
knowledge and know-how,
social impact capital, and
a range of natural resources
Chapter 15 - PLACE
Resources are both money and material AND natural. This second section of resources address the following:
human resources,
knowledge and know-how,
social impact capital, and
a range of natural resources
Chapter 16 - PLANET
Resources are both money and material AND natural. This second section of resources address the following:
human resources,
knowledge and know-how,
social impact capital, and
a range of natural resources
Chapter 17 - RESOURCES ... HUMAN
Resources are both money and material AND natural. This first section of resources address the following:
financial capital,
physical infrastructure,
production equipment,
working capital and
so forth
Chapter 18 - RESOURCES ... FINANCIAL
Resources are both money and material AND natural. This first section of resources address the following:
financial capital,
physical infrastructure,
production equipment,
working capital and
so forth
Chapter 19 - RESOURCES ... MATERIAL
Resources are both money and material AND natural. This second section of resources address the following:
human resources,
knowledge and know-how,
social impact capital, and
a range of natural resources
Chapter 20 - RESOURCES ... NATURAL
Resources are both money and material AND natural. This second section of resources address the following:
human resources,
knowledge and know-how,
social impact capital, and
a range of natural resources
Chapter 21 - RESOURCES ... INSTITUTIONAL
What is the enabling environment? It is a lot more than just governance and government, the law and regulation? It is also the infrastructure and the social services like health and education, and the financial services. The enabling environment may also be a major constraint on the socio-economic progress of the community. What is the underlying productivity of the community. If the community is surplus producing it can go forward and improve its quality of life ... otherwise it cannot. The concept is simple ... and explains the endemic economic and development failure that is pervasive on the planet.
Chapter 22 - USING TRUEVALUEMETRICS
This chapter is about developing and deploying a new system of metrics. For some readers this may be the only chapter they bother with … so it aims to be practical while having enough of the
driving concept of TVM Value Accountancy embedded in the practical guidance.
ANNEX 1 - About People
This chapter is a primer on how TVM can be used by anyone anywhere. For some readers this may be
the only chapter they bother with … so it aims to be practical while having enough of the
driving concept of TVM embedded in the practical guidance.
Chapter 999. AFTERWARD
Some thoughts that arise as the book gets finalized for publication
ANNEX 2 ... Some Examples of Value Chains
This section includes some examples of value chains
ANNEX 3 ... Some Examples of Purpose
This section includes some examples of purpose from different types of economic activity
ANNEX 4 ... Some Examples of Cost Behavior by Sector
This section includes some examples of cost behavior from a diverse range of sectors
ANNEX 5 - Some Examples of Reports
This section contains material to help with the development of reports for different segments of society and the economy. There are common elements, but also some key items that are specific to different situations.
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