ESCP Europe

The fully updated, second edition of Management Control Systems supports students to develop an investigative approach to implementing planning and control systems for strategic success. With strong links between theory and modern real-world practices, the new edition reflects developments in global management and business, plus contemporary design and use of management control systems. Students have access to a wealth of diverse analytical cases, balanced with current content and international examples. Contents: Part 1: Management control systems: managing organizational performance -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Management Control Systems -- Chapter 2: Mission, Goals and Strategies -- Chapter 3: Managers, Human Behaviour and Organizations -- Part 2: Management Control Systems: Applying Organizational Architecture -- Chapter 4: Responsibility Centres Chapter -- 5: Control with Transfer Prices and Shared Service Centres -- Chapter 6: Organizational Structure and Cross-Functional Integration -- Chapter 7: Management Control Systems and Inter-Organizational Relationships -- Part 3: Management Control Systems: The Performance Management Process -- Chapter 8: Budgeting and Forecasting -- Chapter 9: Financial and Non-Financial Performance Measurement Systems -- Chapter 10: Monetary Incentive Systems and Motivation -- Chapter 11: Risk Management Systems -- Part 4: Management Control Systems: Summary and Outlook -- Chapter 12: Control and Controllership: Past, Present, Future