Management Control Systems / Edition 12

by Robert N Anthony, Vijay Govindarajan

Overview

Management Control Systems helps students to develop the insight and analytical skills required of today's managers. Students uncover how real-world managers design, implement, and use planning and control systems to implement business strategies. The 12th edition builds on the strengths of prior editions by offering a rich diversity of cases balanced with current content and research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780073100890
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date:	05/10/2006
Edition description:	List
Pages:	784
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.27(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Robert N. Anthony is the Ross Graham Walker Professor Emeritus of Management Control at Harvard Business School. Professor Anthony has been a director of Carborundum Company and Warnaco, Inc., both Fortune 500 companies; for 25 years he has been a trustee of Colby College, including five years as chairman of the board. He has consulted for many companies and government agencies, including General Motors Corp., AT&T, the General Accounting Office, and the Cost Accounting Standards Board. Among Professor Anthony’s awards are the Distinguished Accounting Educator of the Year Award from AAA, Accounting Educator of the Year Award from Beta Alpha Psi, the Meritorious Service Award from the Executive Office of the President, the Distinguished Public Service Medal of the Department of Defense, Comptroller General’s Award of the U.S. General Accounting Office and Distinguished Service Award of the Harvard Business School Association.
Received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1978. He is the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College. Professional credits include Outstanding Teacher of the Year, voted by MBA students during several academic years; and Outstanding Business School Faculty, named by Business Week.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 The Nature of Management Control Systems
Part 1 The Management Control Environment
Ch. 2 Understanding Strategy
Ch. 3 Understanding Behavior in Organizations
Ch. 4 Responsibility Centers: Revenue and Expense Centers
Ch. 5 Profit Centers
Ch. 6 Transfer Pricing
Ch. 7 Measuring and Controlling Assets Employed
Part 2 The Management Control Process
Ch. 8 Strategic Planning
Ch. 9 Budget Preparation
Ch. 10 Analyzing Financial Performance Reports
Ch. 11 Performance Measurement
Ch. 12 Management Compensation
Part 3 Variations in Management Control
Ch. 13 Controls for Differentiated Strategies
Ch. 14 Service Organizations
Ch. 15 Multinational Organizations
Ch. 16 Management Control of Projects