How Management Control Affects the Implementation of Strategies in a Decentralized Organization: Focus on Formal and Informal Control in the Case of Atlas Copco

Klas Sundberg ()
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Klas Sundberg: Uppsala University

Chapter 3 in Strategy, Control and Competitive Advantage, 2014, pp 59-83 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter studies how the control systems of Atlas Copco, a Swedish industrial company, have changed and how different systems interact to implement strategies and achieve financial targets. More specifically, the chapter treats how formal management control is supplemented by informal control in order to implement strategies and achieve success.

Keywords: Management Control; Formal Control; Business Unit; Compressor Technique; Corporate Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39134-7_3

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