Goals, individuals and organisations

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Title

Goals, individuals and organisations

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Description

This paper overviews the debate concerning the existence and nature of organisational goals. It is suggested that scientific management thought has had a significant influence on models of efficiency and effectiveness found in management accounting. However, researchers have come to question the neo­ classical economic concept of a single goal of profit maximisation and in some cases suggest that there is no such thing as organisational goals. Accordingly this· paper discusses the question of...

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Format

Research paper

Research format

Working or discussion paper

Date created

1993

Creator

Jacobs, Kerry Raymond

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10092/105440

Related subjects

Organization / Commerce, management, tourism and services / Strategy, management and organisational behaviour / Organisational planning and management

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