Airtex Aviation Case Study AirTex Aviation 1. Did AirTex need a new control system at the time of the takeover? * “The management system that was in place was one woman who magically kept everything in her head. There was limited and almost incomprehensible formal system.” Sarah Arthur, the company’s accountant, had complete autonomy over the company’s information, and she kept this information private. * AirTex was in need of a more formalized accounting system, since accounting was a central
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I think AirTex need a new control system at the time of the takeover; AirTex’s old control system was not effective to serve its objectives, and there are some main reasons why its old control system didn’t work. Firstly, lack of direction, to be specific that is AirTex’s employees don’t know what the company want from them and how can them perform to match the desire from company. Secondly, there was no motivational plan mentioned before the company was taken over, as a result, the employees were
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Executive Summary AirTex Aviation is an aviation company, where located in one of the most rapidly growing communities in San Miguel Airport. The company provides fuel line services, Flight training and Aircraft sales. Unfortunately, due to poor organization structure and management team, the company goes to bankruptcy in early 1989. Two Harvard business students, Ted and Frank are interested in purchasing and helping a failing business that show a lot of potential. Both of them would like to implement
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KTH Homework assignment ME2028 Behavioral Management Control Andreas Torbiörnsson 09 How could each of the control problems at Leo´s Four-Plex Theater be solved with the use of Cultural control? Cultural control is a type of control that encourages mutual monitoring1 and it builds a lot upon group pressure. The main idea of cultural control is to get the employees to watch over each other and to create a culture that has certain things that you specifically do or don’t do. It aims to
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Management control systems rk assignment ME2028 Behavioral Management Control Andreas Torbiörnsson 09 How could each of the control problems at Leo´s Four-Plex Theater be solved with the use of Cultural control? Cultural control is a type of control that encourages mutual monitoring1 and it builds a lot upon group pressure. The main idea of cultural control is to get the employees to watch over each other and to create a culture that has certain things that you specifically do or don’t
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In-class activity 1: Identifying control problems and MCS Source case / paper: Wong’s Pharmacy (textbook p. 20) AND Leo’s Four-Plex Theater (textbook p. 19) In-class activity questions / objectives: Wong’s Pharmacy: 1. What is the main problem facing Wong’s pharmacy? 2. What options are available to Thomas Wong? Leo’s Four-Plex Theater: 3. What are the key controls problems at Leo’s Four-Plex Theater? 4. State the control measures implemented in the theatre and the purpose and
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Homework Assignment for 4D1165 Behavioural Management Control Year 2007 Part I: The Homework Questions This, the first section, of my homework assignment contains the twenty homework questions that have been handed out to us students throughout the course, along with the answers I’ve composed in order of answering these. 1. One of the causes of management control problems is lack of direction. Why does this problem exist? Lack of direction, a fundamental element in many dysfunctional organizations
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------------------------------------------------- Course OutlineDepartment of Accounting and FinanceSchool of Business and Economics | ACCT 4250-01 Advanced Management Accounting (3,0,0) MWF 1:30-2:20 PM A&E 208 Instructor: Dr. Laura Jean Kreissl Office: IB 2060 Office Hours: please check office door Email: lkreissl@tru.ca Email is strongly recommended over voicemail as it is checked more frequently Phone/Voice Mail: 250-852-7675 Last Updated: November30, 2015 Calendar
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Harvard Business School Publishing Case Map for Horngren, Foster & Datar: Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, 10th Edition (Prentice Hall) This map was prepared by an experienced editor at HBS Publishing, not by a teaching professor. Faculty at Harvard Business School were not involved in analyzing the textbook or selecting the cases and articles. Every case map provides only a partial list of relevant items from HBS Publishing. To explore alternatives, or for more information on the cases
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