Management Control Systems - Hardcover

Anthony,Robert; Govindarajan,Vijay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0072316357 ISBN 13: 9780072316353

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000

Synopsis

Management Control Systems 10/e builds on strengths from prior editions by offering a rich diversity of cases balanced with current material. The primary market for Management Control Systems is an MBA level elective in control systems. The text may also be appropriate for advanced managerial accounting courses and/or MBA-level cost accounting courses with an emphasis on management control. The text is organized to develop insights and analytical skills related to how managers go about designing, implementing, and using planning and control systems to implement strategies. .

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About the Authors

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., ATAndT, 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.

Vijay Govindarajan 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0072316357
• ISBN 13: 9780072316353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 800