Essays about: "MCS."

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1. 11. Management Control Systems, Performance and Uncertainty : A quantitative study on the role of MCS in uncertain contexts

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Julia Lewinson Skörd; Tova Racov; [2023]
   Keywords : Contingency Theory; Institutional Theory; Levers of control; Management Accounting; Management Control Systems; Performance; Organizational learning; Uncertainty;

   Abstract : Background: Management Control Systems are shown to be valuable tools for managing different contexts and enhance organizational performance. To succeed with intended strategies, organizations must balance different levers of controls (LOC). READ MORE

3. 12. Implications for Management Control in the Transition towards Hybrid Work - A Case Study of a Professional Service Firm

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Nils Arthursson; Sergi Rodríguez I Rovira; [2023]
   Keywords : Management control; Managerial intention; Professional service firm; Remote work; Hybrid work; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Purpose: The aim of this thesis is to explore the transition towards a hybrid work model and the implications it may have on the use and adaptation of management control within PSFs. The purpose is further to highlight the reasons behind the adaptations of MCS. READ MORE

4. 13. Setting a Price on Human Lives: MCS in an NGO with Ethical Dilemmas and the Development of Bridging Accounts

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Paulina Colebring; Filip Lutecki; [2023]
   Keywords : MCS; NGO; logic multiplicity; socio-ideological and technocratic controls; ethical dilemmas;

   Abstract : In this paper we study how management control systems (MCS) play a role in organizations where multiple logics prevail and ethical dilemmas arise in the intersection between these logics. We study this phenomena in an NGO in the humanitarian aid sector. READ MORE

5. 14. Institutional Complexity and Management Control Systems: A Case Study in the Aviation Service Industry

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Elias Nilsson; Oliver Soprani; [2022-06-30]
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   Abstract : This study examines how Management Control Systems (MCS) are used and designed to achieve objectives derived from multiple (institutional) logics. We have found the presence of a sustainable and financial logic coexisting in an organization operating within the aviation service industry. READ MORE

6. 15. Digitalization for the better? A case study of the role of MA in a dynamic capabilities process for digital transformation.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Sumit Sharma; [2022-06-30]
   Keywords : Digital transformation; Management accounting; Dynamic capabilities; EDI; API; MCS; Sensing; Seizing; Reconfiguring;

   Abstract : Dynamic capabilities are the antecedent of organizational and strategic routine by which managers alter their resource base to generate new value which creates strategies. The role of management accounting has largely been overlooked in the sense that previous literature has delineated its capacity to aid with strategic decision-making by moving away from its bean counter stereotype. READ MORE