<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliVBA adopted a balanced scorecard approach in fiscal year 1999 as a strategic management tool to drive organizational change, provide feedback to employees on measures they can influence, link performance appraisal and reward systems to performance measures, and provide incentives to managers to work as teams in meeting performance measures.  <response>: VBA ilichukua mbinu ya kadi ya alama ya usawa katika mwaka wa kifedha 1999 kama chombo cha usimamizi wa kimkakati ili kuendesha mabadiliko ya shirika, kutoa maoni kwa wafanyikazi juu ya hatua ambazo wanaweza kuathiri, kuunganisha mifumo ya tathmini ya utendaji na malipo kwa hatua za utendaji, na kutoa motisha kwa wasimamizi kufanya kazi kama timu katika kukidhi hatua za utendaji. 