"The fully updated, second edition of Management Control Systems supports students to develop an investigative approach to implementing planning and control systems for strategic success. With strong links between theory and modern real-world practices, the new edition reflects developments in global management and business, plus contemporary design and use of management control systems. Students have access to a wealth of diverse analytical cases, balanced with current content and international examples."--Publisher's description.
The text is organized to develop insights and analytical skills related to how managers go about designing, implementing, and using planning and control systems to implement strategies.
The manager of the used car sales department, Amy Robbins, examined the trade-in vehicle. The trade-in had a wholesale guidebook value of $3,500. The guidebook, published monthly, was, at best, a near estimate of liquidation value.
Thompson's staff for package design and development spent several months perfecting the design , production methods , and materials to be used . Because of the unusual color and shape , these were far from standard .
These characteristics of information can be related to the context of the areas of decision , namely , strategic planning management control and operational control . Since strategic decisions fall under the category of unprogrammed ...
First published in 1998, this volume of readings provides an overview of the development of the study of Management Control theory over the past 35 years.
Chapter 4 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com
Management Control Systems: Text and Cases
The book posits and discusses the features of a core control system and its component parts, including: planning, measurement and feedback, evaluation and reward sub-systems.
Primarily designed for the postgraduate students of management and commerce, this book would also be a valuable source of reference for professionals.
The President of Quaker Oats , Robert D. Stuart , Jr. , and W. Fenton Guinee , Senior Vice President of Planning and Finance , have developed expectations regarding the formal planning system . The case summarizes planning efforts to ...