1st Edition

The Game of Budget Control

Edited By G. H. Hofstede Copyright 1968
374 Pages
by Routledge

374 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge, 112 volumes in... Read more
Summary; I: The Research Subject; 1: Control. Autonomy and the Budget Process; 2: Budgets in Accounting Theory; 3: Budgets in Motivation Theory; 4: Budgets in Systems Theory; II: The Research Design; 5: The Research Field; 6: The Research Tools; III: The Research Findings; 7: Inputs and Outputs of a Budget System; 8: Tight or Loose Standards?; 9: Participation in Standard-Setting; 10: Management Information and Accounting Techniques; 11: Staff-line-Communication; 12: Superior – Subordinate Communication; 13: Age, Education, Personality and Culture; 14: Technology and Market; IV: The Research Implications; 15: Practical Recommendations; 16: The Future of Budgets and Budget Research

Biography

G. H. Hofstede