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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"management controls"”.
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Power, accommodation and resistance: A Foucauldian perspective on how internal management controls are compromised in Chinese hotels
… the thesis is to consider elements of internal management controls employed in hotels in China, specifically with respect to accounting and behavioural control. Accounting and behavioural controls involve mechanisms used to motivate, monitor, measure and sanction the actions of managers and …
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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 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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Heat recovery and thermal storage : a study of the Massachusetts State Transportation Building
… thermal storage system, utilization of demand management controls, and increased lighting system efficiency.
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Operational Risk Assessment in a Higher Education Institution : A Social Systems Perspective
… the implementation of operational risk management in universities since 2001. This case study investigated risk assessment in this context, aiming to critically examine variety in different groups in a single institution. Social Systems Theory formed a framework to create new insights …
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Understanding How Management Control Affects the Triangle Relationship between Management, Sales Agent and Client: A Case Study from a Chinese Life Insurance Company
There has been growing literature on management control in the context of front-line service work, including sales work. Given the nature of front-line work, service recipients – customers and clients – play an important role in management control and in the social relations in the workplace. …
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Impacts of revenue management on estimates of spilled passenger demand
… effects of passenger choice and airline revenue management. Since revenue management systems protect seats for later-arriving higher fare passengers, revenue management controls will influence the number of spilled passengers and their value because they will restrict availability to lower fare …
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Investigating corporate governance practices and their impact on organisational performance in non-governmental organisations: An empirical study of the Namibia Red Cross Society
… internal control systems, assess the performance management tools used by the Board to enforce accountability and transparency in reporting and internal management controls and assess the performance indicators used to measure the effectiveness of the NRCS Governing Board. The main objective ofthe …
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The power of words - CEOs' psychological influences: exit, change & hold: the stories of leadership succession: three empirical studies on companies in the FTSE All-Share Index
… of CEOs' FF A, signaling the planned career management behaviors, will increase the likelihood of voluntary CEO turnover. I also found that the level of CEOs' NE, reflecting the uncooperative behaviors, will increase the likelihood of involuntary CEO turnover. The second essay studies how new …
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Who gets stitches? The effects of rewarding whistleblowers and protecting their identity on subsequent cooperation
Companies are strongly encouraged to implement whistleblowing programs to help detect and deter misconduct in organizations. Rewarding the whistleblower and protecting the whistleblower’s identity are two highly recommended features of whistleblowing programs. I use two experiments to examine the …
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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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Evaluating the impacts of urbanization and stormwater management practices on stream response
… the effectiveness of urban stormwater runoff management practices, including the management of urban development and limiting percent of impervious surface cover. In this study, protocols were developed to help standardize data generation for identifying mechanistic linkages to provide public …