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UnderstandingStrategy
CorporateLevelStrategy
Where
BusinessUnitStrategy
How
CorporateLevelStrategies
Threeexamples:
SingleIndustry
RelatedDiversified
UnrelatedDiversified
Conglomerates
ImplicationsforMCSdesign
Impactcorporatestructureandformofcontrol
Authority&responsibility,reportingrelationship,delegation,
etc.
BusinessUnitLevel
Mission
TheBCGModel
Build
Hold
Harvest
Divest
Strategy
Fiveforcesanalyses
Lowcostvs.differentiation
CorporateLevelStrategy
Implicationsforstructure
Exhibit13.1
Implicationsforcontrol
Exhibit13.2
BusinessUnitMissionandStrategy
ImplicationsforMCS
Strategicplanning
Exhibit13.3
Budgeting
Exhibit13.4
Incentivecompensation
Exhibit13.5
ContingencyBasedMCS
Chenhall (2003)
Hereviewedcontingencybasedempirical
MCSstudiesinthepasttwodecades.
Objectiveofthereview
Improveourunderstandingoftherelationship
betweenMCSandavarietyofcontextualfactors.
ContingencyBasedMCS:External
Environment
Uncertainty
Uncertaintyvs.Risk:probabilitiestoparticularevents
Otherelementsofenvironment
Turbulence
Hostility
Diversity
Complexity
Controllability
Ambiguity
ContingencyBasedMCS:External
Environment
MainFindings(p.138)
Uncertainenvironment moreopenand
externallyfocusedtheMCS.
Hostileandturbulentenvironment greater
relianceonformalcontrols
Survivalcomesfirst
Inuncertainexternalenvironments,youwillsee
MCSfocusedontightfinancialcontrolsAND
Anemphasisonflexible,interpersonalinteractions
ContingencyBasedMCS:Technology
Threetypes:Complexity,TaskUncertainty,and
Interdependence
Marketing(highertaskuncertainty)vs.Production
MainFindings(p.138)
Standardizedprocesses moreformalMCS.
Taskuncertainty&interdependence greater
relianceoninformalcontrols
ContingencyBasedMCS:
OrganizationalStructure
Decentralizationvs.MCS
MoreformalMCS
Aggregationandintegration
Teambasedstructures
Participation
Compensation
Organicstructures
FutureorientedMCS
ABC/ABM
ContingencyBasedMCS:Strategy
Mainfindings
Comparedtodifferentiation,strategies
characterizedbycostleadership formal,
traditionalMCS
Harvest&costleadership formal
performancemeasurementsystems
ContingencyBasedMCS:Culture
Theimportanceofnationalculture
Multinationalcorporations
Hofstede
http://geerthofstede.com/nationalculture.html
Cultureisthecollectiveprogrammingoftheminddistinguishingthemembersofone
grouporcategoryofpeoplefromothers
Fivedimensions
PowerDistance
IndividualismvsCollectivism
Masculinityvsfemininity
Uncertaintyavoidance
Longtermorientation(Confucianism)[addedin1991]
ContingencyBasedMCS:Culture
Mainfindings
Nationalcultureplaysan
importantroleindesigningMCS
UpperEchelonTheory
Fundamentaldifferencesinbehaviorandmanagement
styleexistbetweenTMTswithanadministrative
orientationandTMTswithaprofessionalorientation.
TMT:TopManagementTeam
AdministrativeOrientation
abackgroundingeneraladministration(e.g.economics,
business,andlaw)
ProfessionalOrientation
abackgroundintechnicalandprofessionalprocesses(e.g.
engineering,physics,andmedicine)
Accountingisamongthemostcommon
undergraduatedegreesreceivedbyCEOsofS&P500
companies(SpencerStuart2006)
FTSE100companieshave24chiefexecutivesholding
anaccountancyqualification(Fisher2005).
52%ofFTSE100CEOshaveafinancialbackground,
whileoneinfourCEOsarecharteredaccountants
(RobertHalf2015)
TheUSCongresspassedtheSarbanesOxleyAct
(SOX)inJuly2002
Followinganumberofmajorcorporatescandals(e.g.
Enron)
Thefindingofaresearch(CullinanandRoush2011):
Usingasampleof264CEOchangeswefoundthatthe
percentageofnewlyappointedCEOswith
ACCOUNTING/FINANCE backgroundsSIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASED inthepostSOXperiodcomparedtothepreSOX
period.
ENGINEERING isTHEmostPOPULARundergraduate
degreereceivedbyCEOsofS&P500companies
(SpencerStuart2006)
WillTopManagementStyleAffect
MCS?
IfYes,how?
Isthereapredictableassociationbetween
TMTstyleandMCSimplementation.
NaranjoGilandHartmann2006
Onlypartofthestudyisreviewedhere.
TheauthorsexaminedtheeffectofTMTstyle
onthefollowingthreecategoriesofMAS/MCS
TheinteractiveuseofMASvs.thediagnosticuse
ofMAS
Theuseofnonfinancialinformationvs.financial
information
TheroleofMASinresourceallocationvs.
performanceevaluation
NaranjoGilandHartmann2006
Theauthorscontinuedtoexaminetheeffect
ofTMTstyleonstrategyimplementation
Flexibilitystrategyimplementation
Coststrategyimplementation
NaranjoGilandHartmann2006
Dataarefrom92completeTMTs.inSpain.
PartialLeastSquare(PLS)wasusedtotestthe
predictions.
Astatisticaltechnique
MajorFindings
TheUpperEchelonTheoryissupported
ManagementstyledoesaffectMAS/MCSuse.
TMTswithaprofessionalorientationaremorelikely
TouseinteractiveMAStools
Tousenonfinancialinformationfordecisionmaking
TMTswithaprofessionalorientationarefoundtobe
relatedtotheimplementationofstrategicobjectives.
ProfessionalorientedTMTsaremoreinclinedtofocuson
flexibilitystrategy
MoreonTMT
MilitaryBackground
PoliticalConnections
ReligiousBelief
Gender
EthnicDiversity