This document is a table of contents for the book "Management control systems" by Robert N. Anthony and Vijay Govindarajan. The book is divided into three parts and 16 chapters that cover topics such as responsibility centers, profit centers, transfer pricing, budgeting, performance measurement, and management control in different contexts. Case studies are provided at the end of most chapters.
This document is a table of contents for the book "Management control systems" by Robert N. Anthony and Vijay Govindarajan. The book is divided into three parts and 16 chapters that cover topics such as responsibility centers, profit centers, transfer pricing, budgeting, performance measurement, and management control in different contexts. Case studies are provided at the end of most chapters.
This document is a table of contents for the book "Management control systems" by Robert N. Anthony and Vijay Govindarajan. The book is divided into three parts and 16 chapters that cover topics such as responsibility centers, profit centers, transfer pricing, budgeting, performance measurement, and management control in different contexts. Case studies are provided at the end of most chapters.
Case 3-3: Rendell Company 119 Chapter 1 Chapter 4 The Nature of Management Responsibility Centers: Revenue Control Systems 1 and Expense Centers 128 Basic Concepts 2 Responsibility Centers 128 Boundaries of Management Control 6 Revenue Centers 133 Road Map for the Reader 14 Expense Centers 133 Summary 17 Administrative and Support Centers 139 Case 1-1: Nucor Corporation (A) 19 Research and Development Centers 140 Case 1-2: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 31 Marketing Centers 143 Case 1-3: Xerox Corporation (A) 34 Summary 144 Case 1-4: Motorola Inc. 42 Case 4-1: Vershire Company 145 Case 4-2: New Jersey Insurance Company 151 PART ONE Case 4-3: NYPRO, Inc. 159 THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL Case 4-4; Whiz Calculator Company 170 Case 4-5: Westport Electric Corporation 175 ENVIRONMENT 51 Case 4-6: Grand Jean Company 181 Chapter 2 Chapter 5 Understanding Strategies 53 Profit Centers 185 Goals 53 General Considerations 185 The Concept of Strategy 56 Business Units as Profit Centers 189 Corporate-Level Strategy 58 Other Profit Centers 191 Business Unit Strategies 62 Measuring Profitability 194 Summary 70 Summary 198 Case 2-1: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. (A) 72 Case 5-1: Profit Center Problems 200 Case 2-2: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (B) 74 Case 5-2: North Country Auto, Inc. 201 Case 2-3: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (C) 76 Case 5-3: Analog Devices, Incorporated: Case 2-4: Cisco Systems (A) 79 MEMS 209 Case 2-5: Cisco Systems (B) 91 Case 5-4: Abrams Company 225 Case 2-6: Technology Note: Internetworking Products 96 Chapter 6 Transfer Pricing 230 Chapter 3 Objectives of Transfer Prices 230 Behavior in Organizations 98 Transfer Pricing Methods 230 Goal Congruence 98 Pricing Corporate Services 239 Informal Factors That Influence Administration of Transfer Prices 242 Goal Congruence 99 Summary 244 The Formal Control System 103 Types of Organizations 105 Appendix Functions of the Controller 110 Some Theoretical Considerations 245 Summary 112 Case 6-1: Transfer Pricing Problems 248 Case 3-1: Southwest Airlines Corporation 114 Case 6-2: Birch Paper Company 254 vi Table of Content a vii
Case 6-3: General Appliance Corporation 256 Chapter 10
Case 6-4: Medoc Company 267 Analyzing Financial Performance Chapter 7 Reports 425 Calculating Variances 425 Measuring and Controlling Variations in Practice 432 Assets Employed 270 Limitations of Variance Analysis 437 Structure of the Analysis 271 Summary 438 Measuring Assets Employed 273 Case 10-1: Variance Analysis Problems 440 EVA versus ROI 283 Case 10-2: Solartronics, Inc. 444 Additional Considerations in Evaluating Case 10-3: Galvor Company 446 Managers 288 Evaluating the Economic Performance Chapter 11 of the Entity 289 Summary 290 Performance Measurement 460 Case 7-1: Investment Center Problems (A) 291 Performance Measurement Systems 460 Case 7-2: Investment Center Problems (B) 295 Interactive Control 471 Case 7-3: Quality Metal Service Center 300 Summary 474 Case 7-4: Aloha Products 309 Case 11-1: Analog Devices, Inc. (A) 476 Case 11-2: Analog Devices, Inc. (B) 492 Case 7-5: Dell Computer Corporation 315 Case 7-6: Industrial Products Corporation 319 Case 11-3: CUP Corporation 500 Case 11-4: Enager Industries, Inc. 508 Case 7-7: Marden Company 327 Chapter 12 PART TWO Management Compensation 513 THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL Research Findings on Organizational PROCESS 329 Incentives 513 Characteristics of Incentive Chapter 8 Compensation Plans 514 Strategic Planning 330 Incentives for Corporate Officers 520 Nature of Strategic Planning 330 Incentives for Business Unit Managers 522 Analyzing Proposed New Programs 336 Agency Theory 530 Analyzing Ongoing Programs 339 Summary 534 Strategic Planning Process 344 Case 12-1: Lincoln Electric Company (A) 536 Summary 347 Case 12-2: Crown Point Cabinetry 554 Case 8-1: Allied Office Products 348 Case 12-3: Worthington Industries 561 Case 8-2: Hasbro Interactive 355 Case 12-4: Wayside Inns, Inc. 566 Case 8-3: Emerson Electric Co. 367
Chapter 9 PART THREE
VARIATIONS IN MANAGEMENT Budget Preparation 380 CONTROL 575 Nature of a Budget 380 Other Budgets 386 Chapter 13 Budget Preparation Process 387 Behavioral Aspects 391 Controls for Differentiated Quantitative Techniques 393 Strategies 576 Summary 394 Corporate Strategy 577 Case 9-1: New York Times 396 Business Unit Strategy 581 Case 9-2: Corning Microarray Top Management Style 589 Technologies 408 Summary 591 viii Table of Contents
Case 13-1: Pelican Instruments, Inc. 593 Exchange Rates 685
Case 13-2: 3M Corporation 595 Summary 694 Case 13-3: Texas Instruments and Hewlett-Packard 597 Appendix Case 13-4: Texas Instruments 601 SFAS No. 52 Foreign Currency Translation 694 Chapter 14 Case 15-1: AB Thorsten 697 Service Organizations 616 Case 15-2: Falcon, Inc. 705 Service Organizations in General 616 Case 15-3: Lincoln Electric Company (B) 712 Professional Service Organizations 618 Case 15-4: Hindustan Lever 717 Financial Service Organizations 623 Case 15-5; Xerox Corporation (B) 725 Health Care Organizations 626 Nonprofit Organizations 628 Chapter 16 Summary 631 Management Control of Projects 730 Case 14-1: O'Reilley Associates 633 Nature of Projects 730 Case 14-2: Williamson and Oliver 638 The Control Environment 733 Case 14-3: Harlan Foundation 647 Project Planning 737 Case 14-4: Piedmont University 650 Project Execution 740 Case 14-5: Chemical Bank 654 Project Evaluation 746 Case 14-6: Metropolitan Bank 669 Summary 749 Case 16-1: Modern Aircraft Company 751 Chapter 15 Multinational Organizations 678 Company Index 753 Cultural Differences 678 Transfer Pricing 680 Subject Index 758 PPN: 263432882 Titel: Management control systems / Robert N. Anthony; Vijay Govindarajan. - . - Boston, Mass. [u.a.] : McGraw-Hill, 2007 ISBN: 0-07-125410-2; 978-0-07-125410-6 Bibliographischer Datensatz im SWB-Verbund