Subject category:
Finance, Accounting and Control
Published by:
Harvard Business Publishing
Version: 30 April 2018
Revision date: 29-Aug-2018
Length: 11 pages
Data source: Generalised experience
Abstract
This is a Spanish version. Illustrates the management control challenges that are associated with rapid growth and geographic expansion. Situated at an offsite Executive Committee Retreat. The three founding partners of a specialized consulting firm are grappling with several difficult questions and problems: 1) the tension between local office autonomy, entrepreneurship, and the need for a unified firm strategy; 2) the increasing need for standardized ways to monitor rising costs, capacity utilization, and new business development; 3) redefining the role of the Executive Committee and the role of formal systems as the partnership continues to grow.
Location:
Industry:
Size:
USD26 million sales, 83 employees
Other setting(s):
2001
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Abstract
This is a Spanish version. Illustrates the management control challenges that are associated with rapid growth and geographic expansion. Situated at an offsite Executive Committee Retreat. The three founding partners of a specialized consulting firm are grappling with several difficult questions and problems: 1) the tension between local office autonomy, entrepreneurship, and the need for a unified firm strategy; 2) the increasing need for standardized ways to monitor rising costs, capacity utilization, and new business development; 3) redefining the role of the Executive Committee and the role of formal systems as the partnership continues to grow.
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Location:
Industry:
Size:
USD26 million sales, 83 employees
Other setting(s):
2001