Accounting for improvement
Accounting for Improvement offers concrete and constructive demonstrations of the possibilities of designing participative forms of organization. Field experiment cases illustrate how the operational level can assume a new significance in competitiveness and strategic positioning. In this way, the relevance of the accounting function to the improvement of productivity and quality is restored. Several broadly applicable lessons can be learnt, among them: how companies can strengthen their compet…
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- Full title :Accounting for improvement / Sten Jönsson.
Summary
Accounting for Improvement offers concrete and constructive demonstrations of the possibilities of designing participative forms of organization. Field experiment cases illustrate how the operational level can assume a new significance in competitiveness and strategic positioning. In this way, the relevance of the accounting function to the improvement of productivity and quality is restored. Several broadly applicable lessons can be learnt, among them: how companies can strengthen their competitive base by patient improvement; how people with operative jobs can take command of their work situa.
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- Publication Date:1996.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pergamon
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1996.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780080912578, 0080912575
- oclc:ocn663882684
- LC Classification:HF5635
- Dewey Decimal:657
Table of Contents
1. A preview: controlling through trust -- 2. Control through practice and understanding -- 3. The context: Swedish management style, institutions and knowledge of participation and budget control -- 4. Controlling and communicating -- 5. Controlling through problem solving -- 6. Controlling through dialogue -- 7. Controlling through local planning -- 8. Controlling through competence -- 9. Controlling by words -- 10. Conclusion.
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