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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Management control systems"”.
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Management Control Systems and Sustainability
… growth. These organisations utilise their management control systems (MCS) to organise their operations and thereby moving humanity further away from achieving this state. Extant research at the intersection of sustainability and current MCS primarily focuses on this incompatibility. As a …
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Management control systems aiming for multiple value creation
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The modelling and simulation of energy management control systems
… integrity and applicability of building energy management systems(BEMS) simulation tools. The present work attempts to overcome certain inadequacies of contemporary simulation applications with respect to environmental control systems, by developing novel building control systems modelling …
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Management control systems in not-for-profit organizations: a case study
Management control has been defined as "the process by which management assures that an organization carries out its strategies effectively and efficiently." Rapidly rising costs evidenced over the past decade have resulted in increased emphasis on these qualities in all organizations, particularly …
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Experimenting with Risk and Management Control Systems in Inter-firm Alliances
… examines the interrelations between risk and management control systems in inter-firm alliances—specifically, how risks influence the choices and construction of management control systems, and how these management control systems subsequently affect the articulation and evolution of risks. …
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Experimenting with Risk and Management Control Systems in Inter-firm Alliances
… examines the interrelations between risk and management control systems in inter-firm alliances—specifically, how risks influence the choices and construction of management control systems, and how these management control systems subsequently affect the articulation and evolution of risks. …
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The impact on organizational performance of contextual factors, strategy and management control systems
… examined antecedents of the use of contemporary management control systems (MCS) by testing the alignment of strategic and contextual variables with variables of contemporary systems of control in the organization. The study further explored the performance consequences of the implementation of …
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The Use & Consequences of Performance Management & Control Systems : A Study of a Professional Services Firm.
It has long been recognized that Performance Management and Control Systems (PMCSs) impact positively on organizational efficiency and effectiveness by affecting the behaviour of organizational participants. However, PMCSs also create tensions between achieving shortterm and long-term objectives …
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Consultants' advice to adopt management control systems: the joint effect of persuasion triggers and manager competence
… depend on consultants to provide advice on management control systems (MCS) and the expertise to implement these systems. However, there is little evidence on the determinants of the consultant’s advice about whether managers should adopt management control systems. I use multiple methods to …
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Environmental management control. An empirical study on the use of environmental performance measures in management control systems
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Employing Actor Network Theory to Explore the Role of Management Control Systems in New Product Development Projects
… factors that influence the role and use of control systems in New Product Development (NPD) settings. The purpose of the dissertation is to explore the socio-technical micro-foundations underpinning the influence of management accounting and control systems in NPD contexts. In addition, this …
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Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Explaining the relation between management control systems and managers' causal mental models
Research into the cognitive effects of management accounting and control systems is largely oriented toward understanding how decision makers use accounting information to inform their judgement and decision making activity. However, the effect of these systems on decision making is not limited to …
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Total quality management: an investigation of the link between management control systems and organisational learning to support continuous improvement
An examination was undertaken amongst a number of quality and finance managers. Their perceptions as to the role of organisation learning and its effect, if any, on the success of the quality initiative in their organisation were examined. The majority of respondents noted that their organisations …
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Implications of management control systems for green supply chain management in South Africa a case study of a food retailer
This research investigates the management of green supply chains through the major implications of management control systems. Green supply chain management characteristics that define high performing buyer-supplier engagements were: sustainability, performance management, quality management, …
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Investigating the impact of management control systems on organizational performance by applying framework of performance measurement systems: a case of banking sector in Pakistan
… measurement system (PMS), as an integral part of management control systems (MCS), has a critical role in guiding organizational members toward goals and evaluating the extent to which management has achieved the set goals. This is because organizations which are able to continuously monitor and …
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Management Planning and Control of Training Efforts in Twelve Major Midwestern Businesses
… literature concerned the use of planning and control or management control systems in private sector training. A planning and control or management control system for training is an organized, systematic structure and process which is used to ensure that training efforts are consistent with …
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Control mechanisms for risk-taking: evidence from the UK financial services industry
… when incorporating risk metrics into performance management systems (PMSs) in the financial services sector have been under investigated in the management accounting literature. This thesis explores attempts by UK and European regulators to impose controls on the PMSs of a number of regulated …
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System integration at Navy stock points
… of functional organizations. Three automated management control systems are employed at Navy Stock Points to facilitate the inventory control, material acquisition, and accounting processes involved in the commercial acquisition production process. Each of these control systems was …
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Strategy and control systems:a framework for analysis
… adopted by companies and the mechanisms used to control the organisation. This is not seen as a one way process with the control system following from the strategy but rather as an interactive process between the control systems, the environment and the business strategy. The main proposition of …
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The balanced scorecard in the South African hotel industry
… failure largely depends on service quality. To control financial performance in such an environment, management must be aware of the need to closely monitor and control this non-financial aspect. This does not appear to have been the case to date. The Hotels and Leisure Sector of the …
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