ESCP Europe

"Helping students to develop the insight and analytical skills required of managers, this twelfth edition uncovers how real-world managers design, implement, and use planning and control systems to implement business strategies. "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".

1. The nature of management control systems --- PART 1: THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL ENVIRONMENT --- 2. Understanding strategy --- 3. Understanding behavior in organizations --- 4. Responsibility centers: revenue and expense centers --- 5. Profit centers --- 6. Transfer pricing --- 7. Measuring and controlling assets employed --- PART 2: THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL PROCESS --- 8. Strategic planning --- 9. Budget preparation --- 10. Analyzing financial performance reports --- 11. Performance measurement --- 12. Management compensation --- PART 3: VARIATIONS IN MANAGEMENT CONTROL --- 13. Controls for differentiated strategies --- 14. Service organizations --- 15. Multinational organizations --- 16. Management control of projects..