On the limits to management control

John Skå

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 1997, vol. 13, issue 1, 51-64

Abstract: This paper examines control thinking and practice in business contexts. It is argued that most thinking and knowledge about control is based on assumptions of known contexts. The view that anything and everything can be controlled with the help of better management control systems is examined. There are many limits to control, and some are the consequences of the prevailing control dogmas. In practice, however, managers seem to have systematic ways of coping with the limits of control.

Keywords: Management; control; complex; cases; interpretative; schemes; new; frames (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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