Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 1 July 1993
Length: 14 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
Describes a conflict between the corporate controller and a division president about labor standards, which the division purposefully overstates to protect its margins. Illustrates the multiple roles of standards, and the roles of controllers and line management in resolving such conflicts.
Location:
Industry:
Size:
USD800 million revenues
Other setting(s):
1982
Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 7 May 1993
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research
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Abstract
Describes a conflict between the corporate controller and a division president about labor standards, which the division purposefully overstates to protect its margins. Illustrates the multiple roles of standards, and the roles of controllers and line management in resolving such conflicts.
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Location:
Industry:
Size:
USD800 million revenues
Other setting(s):
1982
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Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 7 May 1993
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Field research