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.

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.

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.

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