This best-selling and market-leading text gives students a thorough understanding of the core concepts and key topics of management control and related performance measurement and incentive systems, processes, and critical trade-offs in their design and use, employing a wide range of international case studies and real life examples.

Management Control Systems Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives Fourth 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” Eddy Vaassen, Tilburg University “The book provides a comprehensive view of management control systems and is written in a very engaging style” Paul Summers, Summit Accountancy Training / University of Liverpool This best-selling and market-leading text gives students a thorough understanding of the core concepts and key topics of management control and related performance measurement and incentive systems, processes, and critical trade-offs in their design and use, employing a wide range of international case studies and real life examples. With its unique blend of theory and practice, concepts and applications, Management Control Systems is the ideal guide to this more than ever relevant, complex and fascinating subject. New to this edition: · Updated text, examples, references and cases throughout · Various new cases, including ones on project management, ethics, and sustainability · New engaging design Resources for Lecturers: Updated PowerPoint slides to aid in your lectures Comprehensive Instructor’s Manual, including case study debriefs and a case matrix that helps to bring real world examples to your students Available for download at www.pearsoned.co.uk/merchant Kenneth A. Merchant is the Deloitte & Touche LLP Chair of Accountancy at the University of Southern California. He is well-known internationally in the field of management accounting. Wim A. Van der Stede is the CIMA Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. An author and teacher, he brings a European perspective and a wealth of experience to this book.