TY - BOOK AU - Bruns,William J. AU - Kaplan,Robert S. TI - Accounting & management: field study perspectives SN - 0875841864 U1 - 658.4038 PY - 1987/// CY - Boston, Mass. PB - Harvard Business School Press KW - CONTABILIDAD GERENCIAL KW - CONTABILIDAD ADMINISTRATIVA KW - CONTABILIDAD DE DIRECCIÓN KW - CONTABILIDAD DE GESTIÓN KW - CONTABILIDAD EMPRESARIAL N1 - Proceedings of a colloquium held June 16-18, 1986, at the Harvard Business School; 1. Adapting management accounting systems to changing environments -- 2. Designing new information and control systems -- 3. New directions for cost management systems -- 4. Measuring management performance N2 - As organizations become more complex and more decentralized, the demand for relevant management accounting information increases. Accounting and Management explores the problems faced by companies as they attempt to modernize their management accounting systems. The book consists of thirteen essays, by leading scholars, on the actual needs and applications of accounting information in modern businesses. It examines how companies such as Weyerhaeuser, Johnson and Johnson, and Hewlett-Packard have designed new control systems and provided new directions for measuring product costs and managerial performance ER -