Management Control Systems Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives Third Edition Kenneth A. Merchant and Wim A. Van der Stede 'If this book were fiction, I would refer to it as a real page-turner.

From business planning and analysis to the measurement and evaluation of performance, estimating costs, activity-based costing, and management accounting in large, complex organizations, this book covers every critical component of a ...

Covers all aspects of accounting management for both programmed and non-programmed activities.

Updated for the tenth edition, this text includes approximately 120 cases and two to three problems per chapter. It features coverage of strategic cost management issues and has a strong decision-making approach.

Accounting: Text and Cases is a product of lifelong dedication to the discipline of accounting, and users of the book benefit from a breadth of experience that is sure to enrich your course and your students.

Prerequisite: management accounting. Uses the case study method to teach management control systems. Anyone interested in business management can benefit from the decision-making models and case analyses in this text.

In this book we argue that as a first step it is important to recognize these group dynamics and the problems they cause.