Management Control and Uncertainty [electronic resource] /
Association, M.author.
Management Control Association.
Otley, D.editor.
Soin, K.editor.
Management Control and Uncertainty recognizes that all control takes place under conditions of uncertainty: it does now, and it always has done. In this edited collection, the contributing authors examine different aspects of management control systems in the modern world whilst paying more explicit attention to the ubiquitous nature of uncertainty.
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Obituary: Clive Emmanuel 1947-2012; 1 Management Control and Uncertainty; 2 Transfer Pricing: Insights from the Empirical Accounting Literature; 3 Management Control Research: A Review of Current Developments; 4 From Make-or-Buy to Coordinating Collaboration: Management Control in Strategic Alliances; 5 Researching the Human Side of Management Control: Using Survey-Based Methods; 6 Management Control under Uncertainty: Thinking about Uncertainty
7 Managing through Uncertainty8 Uncertainty as a Determinant of Performance Measurement and Compensation Systems: A Review of the Literature; 9 Controlling Creativity and Innovation: Paradox or Necessity?; 10 Managing Management Controls; 11 Feel the Risk: Strategic Investment Decisions in an Uncertain World; 12 Management Control and Uncertainty: Risk Management in Universities; 13 Management Control, Regulation and Investment Uncertainty in the UK Electricity Generation Market; 14 Management Control Research and the Management of Uncertainty: Rethinking Knowledge in Management
15 Cultural Theory of Risk and the Notion of "Management Accountants as Strategists"16 The Existential Perversity of Management Accounting and Control; 17 Middle-Range Thinking and Management Control Systems; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Management Control and Uncertainty recognizes that all control takes place under conditions of uncertainty: it does now, and it always has done. In this edited collection, the contributing authors examine different aspects of management control systems in the modern world whilst paying more explicit attention to the ubiquitous nature of uncertainty.
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