Management Control Systems, 5th edition

Kenneth Merchant University of Southern California
Wim Van der Stede London School of Economics

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Management Control Systems, 5th edition is renowned for its authorship, excellently researched material and wealth of international examples from real companies.

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Preface

Acknowledgements

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

Index

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.

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