Management Control and Methodology

Anthony J. Berry

Chapter 3 in New Perspectives in Management Control, 1983, pp 45-58 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Summary The debate on research in accounting and management control is lively. This chapter sets out to distinguish between research and scholarship and then considers three methodologies: functionalism, verstehen and logical positivism. This leads on to consideration of the purposes and sources of research problems. The conclusion is an argument for a contingent methodology.

Keywords: Management Control; Research Problem; Management Accounting; Logical Positivist; Focal Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-17198-9_3

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