Management control systems : performance measurement, evaluation and incentives 4th ed.

Author

• Merchant, Kenneth A.

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Edinburgh: Pearson Education Limited, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9781292110554

Series

Subject(s)

• COST CONTROL
• INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
• INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT-CASE STUDIES

Notes

. . Index: p.761-773

Abstract

This best-selling and market-leading text gives students a thorough understanding of the core concepts and key topics of management control and related performance measurement and incentive systems, processes, and critical trade-offs in their design and use, employing a wide range of international case studies and real-life examples.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xviii, 773 p.

Dimension

25 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Preface --
Acknowledgements --
The control function of management --
Management and control --
Management control alternatives and their effects --
Results controls --
Action, personnel, and cultural controls --
Control system tightness --
Control system costs --
Designing and evaluating management control systems --
Financial results control systems --
Financial responsibility centers --
Planning and budgeting --
Incentive systems --
Performance measurement issues and their effects --
Financial performance measures and their effects --
Remedies to the myopia problem --
Using financial results controls in the presence of uncontrollable factors --
Corporate governance, important control-related roles, and ethics --
Corporate governance and boards of directors --
Controllers and auditors --
Management control-related ethical issues --
Management control when financial results are not the primary consideration --
Management control in not-for-profit organizations --
Index.

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