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Meeting the Clients Needs: A Risk Management Perspective.

Palmer, S. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

the management of external influences, integration of the parties into coherent project teams and establishing clear …

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Talking Accounting: A Comparative Ethnography of British and German Practice.

Ahrens, T. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

drawing on observations in British and German Brewers, this paper seeks to explore the potential of analitical fecus on the ways in which accounting is combined with other forms of organisational knowledge in talk.

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Organizational Culture and Budgetary Control: A Case Study from U.K. Local Government.

Goddard, A. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1995

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Instruments of Control, Measures of Output: Contending Approaches to the Practice pf "Scientific" Management on Britain's Railways in the Early Twentieth Century.

Edwards, R. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 2000

This paper examines the role of information in the management of railway entreprises from 1900 to c1921. Historically … the railway sector has been as backward in adopting new management techniques. Only the North Eastern Railway and its use … of statistical analysis for management control has been regarded as exemplifying best practice. …

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The Role of Financial and Non-Financial Information in the Stabilization of Collaborative Supply Relationships.

Mahama, H.; Chua, W.F.; Briers, M. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 2000

Collaborative supply relationships (CSRs) are growing in significance in contemporary inter-organizational management …

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Accounting in Domain of 'New Industrial Relations': Some Preliminary Findings of an Inquiry into an Employee-Owned Steel Mill.

Russell, J. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

This paper describes some preliminary findings of an ethnographic inquiry into a steel mill pruchased by its employees through a stock option scheme in the early 1980's to avoid closure by its parent company.

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Stakeholder Participation Approach (SPA) and Resource Management Information System Design -An Action Research Case Study.

Goddard, A.R.; Connell, N.A.D.; Philip, I.; Bray, J. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1997

to assist the development and design of practical resource management information systems. This paper is a contribution … comprehensive resource management system, incorporating service management, performance and costing information, to support the …

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Activity Based Costing in Universities - an inappropriate technique?.

Broad, M.; Crowther, D. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 2000

The technique of ABC has been widely adopted by universities in the UK, with the assumption that the more accurate identification of costs makes them more manageable. It is the purpose of this paper to consider this question of manageability through identification and allocation in the...

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A Primer to Asset Backed Securisation (The Transformation of Risks).

Wolfe, S. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

This paper provides an introduction to a form of financial innovation which is the relatively recent phenomenon of asset backed securisation (ABS). An overview of the related issues and importance of this trend towards asset backed securisation in the UK by financial institutions is provided....

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Styles of Accountability.

Ahrens, T. - Economics Division, University of Southampton - 1996

Drawing on instances of operational management in British and German Firms, This paper seeks to contrast different …

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