Management Control

Eilon, Samuel

ISBN 10: 0080224822 / ISBN 13: 9780080224824

Published by Elsevier Science & Technology, 1979

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Management Control
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080224822
• ISBN 13: 9780080224824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 2 pounds

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Synopsis

Identifies the control function as a central theme in the management process. The essential ingredients of control include the specification of a goal (or goals), a measurement task, feedback information on performance, and the decision to take corrective action. The absence of any of these ingredients can only result in the action. The absence of any of these ingredients can only result in the management activity becoming ineffectual or even meaningless. A manager may, therefore, be identified as a controller of a system, and the book proceeds to explore first the relationships between a controller and his system and secondly the interactions between several controllers operating within the same system. The nature of the decision making process is then analysed and various types of decisions are identified, followed by a discussion of problems associated with organizational design.