Management Control Systems Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives

Name: Management Control Systems Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives
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ISBN: 9780273655961

ISBN-10: 0273655965

ISBN-13: 9780273655961

Edition: 2003

Authors: Kenneth A. Merchant, Wim A. Van der Stede

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Based on Kenneth Merchants Modern Management Control Systems, this new book comprehensively addresses the complex and multidimensional subject of management control systems (MCSs). The discussions in the book assume a basic level of knowledge

Book details

List price: $198.67
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 6/16/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 716
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English



Preface



The Control Function of Management



Management and Control



Management Control Alternatives and their Effects



Results Controls



Action, Personnel, and Cultural Controls



Control Tightness (or Looseness)



Direct and Indirect Control System Costs



Designing and Evaluating Management Control Systems



Financial Results Control Systems



Financial Responsibility Centers and The Transfer Pricing Problem



Planning and Budgeting Systems



Financial Performance Targets



Performance-Dependent Rewards (and Punishments)



Performance Measurement Issues and their Effects



Accounting Performance Measures and their Effects



Financial Results Control Remedies to the Myopia Problem



Using Financial Results Controls in the Presence of Uncontrollable Factors



Important Management Control Roles and Ethical Issues



Controllers, Auditors and Boards of Directors



Management Control-Related Ethical Issues and Analyses



Significant Situational Influences on Management Control Systems



The Effects of Environmental Uncertainty, Organizational Strategy, and Multinationality on Management Control Systems



Management Control in Not-for-Profit Organizations