Management Accounting and Control Systems: An Organizational and Behavioral Approach - Couverture rigide

Macintosh, Norman B.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471944092 ISBN 13 : 9780471944096

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Providing an introduction to the organizational and behavioural aspects of management accounting and control systems, this text illustrates the use of a case mix loading system in a hospital, a just-in-time inventory system in a large conglomerate, and many other types of systems.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

This book is about the design and working of management accounting and control from an organizational and sociological perspective. It focuses on how control systems are used to influence, motivate, and control what people do in organizations. The new edition is organised into four thematic parts which seek to illustrate, respectively: the nature of Management Accounting and Control Systems (MACS), how and why these change, their function and use in practice, and how they are related to general issues of governance in contemporary organisations, economies and society. It includes a new chapter on MACS, Accountability and Governance; adapted and new case studies; adds new theoretical perspectives relevant to current practices, teaching needs and academic development; new material is provided dealing with MACS role in relation to issues of ethics.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Management accounting and control deals with administrative devices which organizations use to control their managers and employees. Management accounting systems are a very important part used to motivate, monitor, measure, and sanction, the actions of managers and employees in organizations.

Management Accounting and Control Systems 2nd Edition is about the design and working of management accounting and control from an organizational and sociological perspective. It focuses on how control systems are used to influence, motivate, and control what people do in organizations. The second edition of the book takes into account the need for a general update of the content and a change in the structure of the original text, and some of the comments received by the external reviewers

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471944092
• ISBN 13: 9780471944096
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 294
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible