Management control systems : performance measurement, evaluation and incentives /: performance measurement, evaluation and incentives. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kenneth A. Merchant, University of Southern California, Wim A. Van der Stede, London School of Economics.
• Authors: Merchant, Kenneth A; Van der Stede, Wim A
• Contents: 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.
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Harlow, England : Pearson
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 773 pages)
• Subjects: 658; Industrial management; Cost control; Managerial accounting; Performance -- Measurement; Industrial management -- Case studies; Cost control -- Case studies; Managerial accounting -- Case studies; Cost Control; Gestion d'entreprise; Coût -- Contrôle; Comptabilité de gestion; Gestion d'entreprise -- Études de cas; Coût -- Contrôle -- Études de cas; Comptabilité de gestion -- Études de cas; cost control; Cost control; Industrial management; Managerial accounting; Performance -- Measurement; Business & Management; Accounting; Management & management techniques; Business and Management; Electronic books; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781292110554; 1292110554; 9781292110585; 1292110589; 9781292181875; 1292181877
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.