Management Accounting and Control Systems: An Organizational and Sociological Approach
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (558 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470714476 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 378 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Concise Great, concise descriptions of what is involved in management accounting. Works well for class. Good examples used for explanations. Recommended.. Raimundo de Solminihac said Five Stars. Very good storytelling book, with new insights conclusions.I enjoy it a lot!
Paolo Quattrone is Professor of Accounting and Management Control at IE Business School, Madrid.. Norman B. Macintosh is Professor Emeritus in Management Accounting & Control Systems (MACS) at Queen's University, Canada
Management accounting systems are a very important part used to motivate, monitor, measure, and sanction, the actions of managers and employees in organizations. Management accounting and control deals with administrative devices which organizations use to control their managers and employees. The second edition of the book takes into account the need for a general update of the content and a change in the structure of the original text, and some of the comments received by the external reviewers. Management Accounting and Control Systems 2nd Edition is about the design and working of management accounting and
Integrating history and contemporary corporate cases, philosophy and practice, they challenge the sterile technicist perspectives that often characterise the management control literature. Their distinctive approach to the web of strategy, structure, power, and control confronts us with the challenges of governance, values, ethics and society. This is a ground breaking, conceptual analysis which should revolutionize our thinking and teaching of management accounting and control systems." —David J Cooper, University of Alberta, Canada"Macintosh and Quattrone's text delivers a seminal moment in the management accounting and control research literature. From the