The MCS project is an international research project. It is based on an investigation of how larger companies design and employ different management control systems, and in which context these packages are used and effective.
The purpose of MCS is to guide organizations towards desired objectives that are central to top management. The idea of the MCS project is that companies use many different management control systems simultaneously, such as strategic planning, budgeting, financial and non-financial performance measurement, incentive contracts and organizational culture. The assumption is that it is the interaction and relative weight of the bundle of systems in use
that determines the effectiveness of the management of an organization.
Knowledge on how companies design and use bundles of management control systems is very limited. For the first time, universities/business schools have come together to analyze this area at an international level. More than 15 universities/business schools from 12 countries are involved in the project.
Contact
Professor Poul Israelsen
pi@business.aau.dk
+45 9940 7319