Beschreibung:
How should firms' control systems be designed and used to formulate and implement strategies that will contribute to competitive advantage and sustained high performance? This book offers some thought-provoking suggestions.
1 Introduction to the cases: Theories, concepts and models.- 2 Driving Strategic change at Saab AB: The use of new control practices.- 3 How management control affects the implementation of strategies in a decentralized organization: Focus on formal and informal control in the case of Atlas Copco.- 4 Success through consistent strategy: How does Scania's management control matter ?.- 5 Changing strategies and control systems at a German insurance company.- 6 Strategy, management control and organizational design: Empirical illustrations from SCA Packaging.- 7 Linking Strategy and inter-organizational relationship: The case of Volvo and Scania.- 8 The role of IT systems in the strategy process: The case of Electrolux.- 9 Fundings, strategies and management control systems: Empirical evidence from two chamber orchestras.- 10 Conclusions and implications.