New Perspectives in Management Control

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-21
Management Control Systems: Whence and Whither?....Pages 22-42
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Management Control and Methodology....Pages 45-58
Concepts of Control: the Contribution of Cybernetics and Systems Theory to Management Control....Pages 59-87
Open Social Systems and Management Control....Pages 88-95
Organisational Design and Management Control....Pages 96-117
Organisational Control: a Resource Dependence Approach....Pages 118-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Motivational Aspects of Management Control....Pages 137-162
Management Control and Worker Participation in Management....Pages 163-177
Self-control....Pages 178-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
A Communication-based Methodology for Research into, and Development of, Management Control Systems....Pages 193-226
Convention in Financial Control....Pages 227-239
The Contribution of the Cybernetic Approach to Management Control....Pages 240-267
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Organisational Effectiveness and Management Control....Pages 271-287
Back Matter....Pages 288-318