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Purpose – This paper seeks to extend the understanding of how formal management control systems (MCSs) contribute to the construction of performance management systems (PMSs) in the French higher education (HE) sector. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical data are gathered both at the...
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Purpose – This paper aims to examine the role of the Japanese state in the development of budgets within “special … archives of “closedown institutions” this paper examines the role of the state in determining the use of budgets within Japan … examine the changes in the use of budgets effected when Japan Airways succeeded Japan Air Transport. Findings – Prior to 1938 …
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This paper is the first of several emanating from a study of the relationship between accounting, governance and accountability in local government in the UK. A grounded theory methodology was used to discover participants' perceptions of these phenomena in four UK local government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014640991
Purpose – This paper aims to examine the role of the Japanese state in the development of budgets within “special … archives of “closedown institutions” this paper examines the role of the state in determining the use of budgets within Japan … examine the changes in the use of budgets effected when Japan Airways succeeded Japan Air Transport. Findings – Prior to 1938 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014641357
Purpose – This paper seeks to extend the understanding of how formal management control systems (MCSs) contribute to the construction of performance management systems (PMSs) in the French higher education (HE) sector. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical data are gathered both at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014641426
indigenous processes and how, together, members negotiate their way through this complex budgeting process. A broadened network …
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: budgeting, record‐keeping, decision making and long‐term financial planning. The findings suggest that simple accounting … practices are used in the home to serve multiple purposes. Domestic cash budgets, financial records and decision‐making rules of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014640889
Reports the results of a study which investigated the moderating role of managers’ value orientation towards innovation (VOI) on the relationships between managers’ organisational commitment and two management control features – decentralised organisational structure and budgetary...
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presence of slack in business unit budgets in diversified firms. The relationships among these variables are established by … diversification is positively associated with slack in business unit budgets; and that tight budgetary controls and high …
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devolved budgets in three English local education authorities (LEAs). Explains that, in each LEA, a team was formed to …. More critically, points out that while the 1988 Education Act made it clear that the new budgeting system should be …. Explores both the arguments and the mechanisms which each LMS team deployed in order to produce an incrementalist budgeting …
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