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Accounting for improvement [electronic resource] / Sten Jönsson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; Tarrytown, N.Y., USA : Pergamon, 1996.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 204 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780080912578
  • 0080912575
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Accounting for improvement.DDC classification:
  • 657 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5635 .J79 1996eb
Online resources:
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.
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and indexes.

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.

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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