This compact and concise textbook in its second edition gives clear analyses of the principles and practices of management control systems being practised by the companies all over the world Divided into seven sections the book explains various approaches and designs of management control system It then moves on to give a detailed description of key success variables as control indicators and explains goals strategies and organization for adaptive control divisional autonomy and responsibility While describing the management tools and processes the book explains in detail the strategic planning and programming processes budgeting and budgetary control standard costing and variance analysis transfer pricing reward system and management control of operations This compact and concise textbook in its second edition gives clear analyses of the principles and practices of management control systems being practised by the companies all over the world Divided into seven sections the book explains various approaches and designs of management control system It then moves on to give ...a detailed description of key success variables as control indicators and explains goals strategies and organization for adaptive control divisional autonomy and responsibility While describing the management tools and processes the book explains in detail the strategic planning and programming processes budgeting and budgetary control standard costing and variance analysis transfer pricing reward system and management control of operations