November 1994
Intermediate to advanced
232 pages
5h 55m
English
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Index
Accountability, 42, 136–137, 165
Ackoff, R. L., 105
Anthony, Robert, 18, 72, 76, 114
Argyris, Chris, 24, 25, 55, 69, 82, 87, 123, 124, 134, 183
Ashforth, B. E., 37
Asset acquisition systems
boundaries set by, 49, 51, 54–55, 179
as diagnostic control systems, 87–89
Attention
balancing opportunity and, 14–16
boundary system incentives and, 51–52
diagnostic control staff groups and, 85–87, 179, 191
in evolution of firm, 146–147, 149, 150
interactive control systems and, 104–105, 121, 138–139, 193
interplay of control systems in achieving, 157, 158, 162, 169
Audio-video conferencing, 187, 189
Automatic Data Processing (ADP), 49–51
Autonomous strategic behavior, 106–107
Bain (firm), ...
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