Innovation in organisational control systems: Toward greater accountability

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 373-388

  Martin Rios, Carlos ^a  

^a Ecole Hoteliere Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accountability; Business performance management; Collaboration; Contribution; Control systems; Control theory; Hierarchical control; Innovation; Knowledge organisation; Knowledge work; Management; Organisational control; Performance management; Theoretical paper

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945193800     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2015.072235     Document Type: Article

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