Before the imposition of the NHS internal market, systems of accountability and control were far from adequate and … improve on accountability and control in the NHS. Hopefully the adverse impact of the market on clinicians and others will …

management decision making is quite enormous. Illustrates an application in the marketing control process. The example … illustration can be expanded and developed to provide a control mechanism which enables the user to have a better chance of …

industry, embarked on a stronger programme of tobacco control and has increased excise taxes in real terms. Uses a simulation …

values systems as a management control mechanism to effect organizational change. Design/methodology/approach – The research … purpose, top management may use value systems as a management control mechanism to effect organizational change by espousing a … budgetary control, and a general reduction in the exercise of hierarchical management control. Overall, it argued that the use …

Purpose – This paper aims to explore management control structure change related to the development of a shared service … management control structure change related to the development of an SSC. Particularly, it explores and challenges the scope of … such a perspective both in terms of contents (i.e. the nature of management control related to the dimensions of …

Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the role of management devices in enacting strategy and strategic decisions …-human entities, such as management devices, in enacting and reformulating strategy. Findings Different devices have become key …-based research. Thus, the propositions should be further investigated to elaborate the performative role of management devices …

This paper presents an overview of the main features of GENERIS, a generalised software control system for industrial … motion control system for robotics workshops and how GENERIS matches them. Thereafter, the GENERIS system capabilities and …

. The controller uses state of the art electronics, including a 32 bit microprocessor to control the robots and peripherals …

renowned technical expert in robotics, control, engineering and computer science who currently serves as the Technical Director … details his technical/commercialization/regulatory experience with international standing to advance robotics and control … electrical engineering from the University of Manchester in 1977; a PhD in Control Theory, Imperial College, London, 1982; and a …