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Beschreibung
The bestselling advanced management accounting textbook.

For Management Control or Advanced Management Accounting modules on undergraduate, postgraduate or MBA courses.

Management Control Systems, 5th edition is the latest edition of the bestselling textbook in the field of management accounting, renowned for its authorship and excellently researched material. An essential learning resource presenting a wealth of international examples from real companies, this text will help you gain a solid grasp of this important subject.

Whether or not you have a management background, the clear explanations in this textbook will introduce you to the authors' leading framework and approach, helping you understand a wide variety of performance measures and controls as well as how to use them. Its extensive range of 75 case studies grounds the concepts in reality, emphasising the difference that well-designed controls can make.

Key features

  • A brand-new chapter on environmental, social and governance issues, including corporate social responsibility, reflects new initiatives and policies and their impact on today's organisations.
  • Comprehensive and detailed coverage of measures that focuses not only on results, but also broader management controls, with aims other than profit maximisation.
  • Updated examples and cases bring the subject to life by exploring examples of well-known businesses such as Microsoft and the implications of infamous scandals such as Carillion.
  • New content considers the impacts of recent global shocks and world events and their influence on companies.

This title is recommended as a significant textbook within Bruno S. Frey and Christoph A. Schaltegger (eds), 21st Century Economics – Economic Ideas You Should Read and Remember (Springer, 2019).

The bestselling advanced management accounting textbook.

For Management Control or Advanced Management Accounting modules on undergraduate, postgraduate or MBA courses.

Management Control Systems, 5th edition is the latest edition of the bestselling textbook in the field of management accounting, renowned for its authorship and excellently researched material. An essential learning resource presenting a wealth of international examples from real companies, this text will help you gain a solid grasp of this important subject.

Whether or not you have a management background, the clear explanations in this textbook will introduce you to the authors' leading framework and approach, helping you understand a wide variety of performance measures and controls as well as how to use them. Its extensive range of 75 case studies grounds the concepts in reality, emphasising the difference that well-designed controls can make.

Key features

  • A brand-new chapter on environmental, social and governance issues, including corporate social responsibility, reflects new initiatives and policies and their impact on today's organisations.
  • Comprehensive and detailed coverage of measures that focuses not only on results, but also broader management controls, with aims other than profit maximisation.
  • Updated examples and cases bring the subject to life by exploring examples of well-known businesses such as Microsoft and the implications of infamous scandals such as Carillion.
  • New content considers the impacts of recent global shocks and world events and their influence on companies.

This title is recommended as a significant textbook within Bruno S. Frey and Christoph A. Schaltegger (eds), 21st Century Economics – Economic Ideas You Should Read and Remember (Springer, 2019).

Über den Autor

Kenneth A. Merchant is the Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy, Emeritus at the University of Southern California. He is well-known internationally in the field of management accounting.

Wim A. Van der Stede is the CIMA Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. An author and teacher, he brings a European perspective and a wealth of experience to this book.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I: The Control Function of Management

  • Chapter 1: Management and Control
  • Section II: Management Control Alternatives and Their Effects

  • Chapter 2: Result Controls
  • Chapter 3: Action, Personnel and Cultural Controls
  • Chapter 4: Control System Tightness
  • Chapter 5: Control System Costs
  • Chapter 6: Designing and Evaluating Management Control Systems
  • Section III: Financial Result Control Systems

  • Chapter 7: Financial Responsibility Centers
  • Chapter 8: Planning and Budgeting
  • Chapter 9: Incentive Systems
  • Section IV: Performance Measurement Issues and Their Effects

  • Chapter 10: Financial Performance Measures and Their Effects
  • Chapter 11: Remedies to the Myopia Problem
  • Chapter 12: Using Financial Result Controls in the Presence of Uncontrollable Factors
  • Section V: Objectives Beyond Profit Maximization

  • Chapter 13: Management Control Implications Stemming from the Broader Goal of Stakeholder Welfare Maximization
  • Chapter 14: Management Control in Not-for-profit Organizations
  • Section VI: Corporate Governance, Important Control-Related Roles, and Ethics

  • Chapter 15: Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors
  • Chapter 16: Controllers and Auditors
  • Chapter 17: Management Control-Related Ethical Issues
  • Details
    Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
    Fachbereich: Betriebswirtschaft
    Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
    Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
    Medium: Taschenbuch
    Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
    ISBN-13: 9781292444130
    ISBN-10: 1292444134
    Sprache: Englisch
    Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
    Autor: Merchant, Kenneth
    Stede, Wim van der
    Auflage: 5. Auflage
    Hersteller: Pearson Education Limited
    Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
    Maße: 243 x 190 x 30 mm
    Von/Mit: Kenneth Merchant (u. a.)
    Erscheinungsdatum: 18.07.2023
    Gewicht: 1,33 kg
    Artikel-ID: 125729654

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