The Game of Budget Control

<p><strong>Tavistock Press</strong> was established as a co-operative venture between the <strong>Tavistock Institute</strong> and <strong>Routledge & Kegan Paul</strong> (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. <br> This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by <strong>Routledge,</strong> 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name <em>The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press</em>.<br> Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1968 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.</p> Summary; I: The Research Subject; 1: Control. Autonomy and the Budget Process; 2: Budgets in Accounting Theory; 3: Budgets in Motivation Theory; 4: Budgets in Systems Theory; II: The Research Design; 5: The Research Field; 6: The Research Tools; III: The Research Findings; 7: Inputs and Outputs of a Budget System; 8: Tight or Loose Standards?; 9: Participation in Standard-Setting; 10: Management Information and Accounting Techniques; 11: Staff-line-Communication; 12: Superior – Subordinate Communication; 13: Age, Education, Personality and Culture; 14: Technology and Market; IV: The Research Implications; 15: Practical Recommendations; 16: The Future of Budgets and Budget Research