1st Edition

Developing Control Concepts in the Twentieth Century (RLE Accounting)

By Lee Parker Copyright 1986
    340 Pages
    by Routledge

    340 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book examines the conceptual development of control in the literature of both management and accounting disciplines, from 1900 to 1980. In order to portray the development of control concepts over time, the chapters are organized into sections relating to the schools of thought from which they emanated and a model of control is constructed to represent each group of concepts and their hypothesised inter-relationships. Having traced the development of control models a comparative analysis of historical development in the two streams of management and accounting literature is undertaken. This analysis reveals a pronounced lag of accounting development behind that of management literature. The reasons for this are then discussed.

    1. Introduction Part 1: Management and Accounting Approaches to Control, 1900-1959 2. The Formation of the Classical Management Model of Control 3. Foundations of Management Revision 4. The Accounting Mirror Part 2: Management and Accounting Approaches to Control: 1960-1979 5. Management Models: Exploring and Maturing 6. Piecemeal Progress in Accounting 7. Management and Accounting Models: A Limited Correspondence 8. The Timing of Management and Accounting Model Development 9. Summary and Conclusions. Appendices, bibliography, tables, figures.

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