management control systems

Description New product development has changed signi®cantly over the last decade and management control systems have played an important role in this transformation. This study draws on Galbraith's concept of uncertainty and investi- gates the relationship between project uncertainty, product...

Description New product development has changed signi®cantly over the last decade and management control systems have played an important role in this transformation. This study draws on Galbraith's concept of uncertainty and investi- gates the relationship between project uncertainty, product...

Description This paper reviews cross-cultural research in management control systems (MCS) appearing in English-language journals over the past 15 years. The objectives are to examine these studies for their convergence or otherwise with respect to the state of our understanding of cultural...

Description Little research on knowledge-intensive firms has focused specifically on management control issues. This paper aims to consider such issues. Starting from the limitations of the definition of uncertainty,especially when applied to contexts characterised by knowledge intensity,this...

Description This paper aims to show how the design of management control systems (MCS) has developed in response to the need for organizations to address the challenges of operating in uncertain settings by embracing innovation. We examine how management accounting has evolved from a...

Description The purpose of this paper is to present a study on relationships between the design of management control systems (MCS), the use of MCS and organisational learning (OL). Accounting Research Journal Management control systems and organisational learning: the effects of design and use...

Description A management control system (MCS) is a system which gathers and uses information to evaluate the performance of different organizational resources like human, physical, financial and also the organization as a whole considering the organizational strategies. Finally, MCS influences...

Description A management control system (MCS) is a system which gathers and uses information to evaluate the performance of different organizational resources like human, physical, financial and also the organization as a whole considering the organizational strategies. Management Control...