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PEARSON Management Control Systems 4Th Edition 2019 Edition by Kenneth Merchant
This best-selling and market-leading text gives students a thorough understanding of the core concepts and key topics of management control and related performance measurement and incentive systems, processes, and critical trade-offs in their design and use, employing a wide range of international case studies and real life examples. Table of Content1 Management and Control2 Results Controls3 Action, Personnel, and Cultural Controls4 Control System Tightness5 Control System Costs6 Designing and Evaluating7 Financial Responsibility Centers8 Planning and Budgeting9 Incentive Systems10 Financial Performance Measures and their Effects11 Remedies to the Myopia Problem12 Using Financial Results Controls in the Presence of Uncontrollable Factors13 Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors14 Controllers and Auditors15 Management Control-Related Ethical Issues16 Management Control in Not-for-profit Organizations Salient Features· Over 70 cases for classroom use, and some suitable for examination purposes· Clear and structured Parts and sections to ensure logical progression and understanding· Updated text, examples, references and cases throughout· Various new cases, including ones on project management, ethics, and sustainability· New engaging design