1. business and industrial
2. business operations
3. business plans

Linköping University
Reinventing research and education
Course Director Gunilla Söderberg
Department of Management and Engineering
Division of Business Management
Welcome to the Course of 2014 in
MANAGEMENT CONTROL
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This is Gunilla, formal
And informal
Who are you?
After completion of the course,
students should be able to:
- describe the role of management control in
organizations.
- use different theories, models and concepts which are
fundamental in the management of organizations.
- analyze and discuss the limititations and shortcomings
of the traditional means of management control
Teaching- Cases studies
as the pedagogical core
• Cases emphasise actual and relevant management control
practice.
• Cases not only require the student to analyze real business
situations, but also give a feel for what actually happens in
companies.
• Cases are not necessarily intended to illustrate either correct or
incorrect management, in many cases there are no right answers,
just better or prefered ones.
• The educational value of the cases comes from the practice the
students receive in analysing management problems and in
discussing and defending his or her analysis before the class.
Each week…
• We will focus on a specific management control problem.
• One lecture and two case seminars with two cases each.
• The cases will be analysed by case groups and each group is
expected to be able to present and discuss their analysis at each
seminar.
• The groups shall also hand in a short report (max. one page)
with the case problem, analysis and suggested solution for every
case at all the seminars.
Date
Week
24/2
Comments
Introduction and Group organizing
Day
Classroom
Time
9
Monday
TEMCAS
12-13
24/2
9
Monday
TEMCAS
13-15
Lecture 1
27/2
9
Thursday
ACAS
12-15
Case seminar 1
Case 1.2 Wall Mart Stores, Inc.
Case 3.1 Corporate Governance..
G.S
28/2
9
Friday
TEMCAS
10-13
Case seminar 2
Case 3.5 ABB´s Hydrapower…
Case 4.5 Cisco Systems
G.S
3/3
10
Monday
A31
10-12
Lecture 2
MC and the organization´s internal
structure, Chapter 5-7
G.S
6/3
10
Thursday
ACAS
12-15
Case seminar 3
Case 5.2 Southwest Airlines Co
Case 5.3 Gover and Control at AXA
G.S
7/3
10
Friday
TEMCAS
12-15
Case seminar 4
Case 6.4 Grand Jean Company
Case 7.1 BreathEZ
G.S
10/3
11
Monday
R41
10-12
Lecture 3
Transfer pricing, Planning and Budgeting,
Chapter 8-9
G.S
14/3
11
Thursday
ACAS
12-15
Case seminar 5
Case 8.4 North Country Auto…
Case 8.3 Birch Paper Company
G.S
15/3
11
Friday
ACAS
12-15
Case seminar 6
Case 9.3 New York Times
Case 9.4 Svenska Handelsbanken
G.S
17/3
12
Monday
ACAS
10-12
Lecture 4
20/3
12
Thursday
ACAS
12-15
Case seminar 7
21/3
12
Friday
ACAS
12-15
Case seminar 8
28/3
13
Friday
14-18
Written exam-1st
chance
12/5
20
Monday
14-18
Written exam-2nd
chance
Chapter 1-13
24
Monday
14-18
Written exam–
3rd chance
Chapter 1-13
9/6
Activity
Introduction
MC and Strategy, Chapter 1-4.
PM, Compensation and MC Challenges
Teacher
G.S
G.S
Chapter 10,11 and 12
H.N
Case 10.2 Making BSC work…
Case 11.1 What is CEO Talent Worth?
G.S
Case 12.2 Piedmont University
Case 12.3 Impl. of PM at Hopco
Chapter 1-13
G.S
Anyone?
QUESTIONS?
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Examination: two equal parts of
50 points each, total 100 points
• The first part is group based and optional, it
will be carried out through case seminars.
1-50 p, that you can collect during the course.
• The second part is a mandatory individual
written examination of 1-50 p.
Case seminars, 1-50 points.
• 24 points can be collected as follows: Eight case
seminars with a total of 16 cases. You will get 3 points
for each case seminar if you attend and take an active
role in the seminar including handing in a case report
of one page per case with a summary of the case
problem and the suggested solution. (one paper per group,
give Gunilla the paper when you come to the seminar room).
• 26 points can be collected in the following way:
You get 1-6 points for your first presentation and 1-10
points for the following two oral on stage presentations.
Individual written examination
• A mandatory individual written exam on the
textbook "Management Control Systems,
european edition", 0-50 points.
• In order to pass the written exam you have to
get at least 20 points.
• Chapters 1-13 will be included in the written
examination.
Individual written examination
• Friday the 28th of March, written exam-1st chance.
• Monday the 12th of May written exam-2nd chance,
(first retake).
• Monday the nineth of June written exam–3rd chance,
(second retake)
Grading system: In order to pass the
course you have to collect at least 60 p.
Points ECTS
85-100 A
75-84 B
70-74 C
65-69 D
60-64 E
0-59 F
Course literature
• R. Anthony, V. Govindarajan, F. Hartmann, K. Kraus
& G. Nilsson.(2014):
• "Management Control Systems" European edition.
• First edition,
• Mc Graw Hill,
• ISBN 007-133269
• Available at the campus book store in the Corallen
building
Anyone?
QUESTIONS?
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Now, please!
FORMATION OF GROUPS
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