Advanced Management Accounting
Topic 3 – Designing Control Systems in The Public Sector
, What we saw Yesterday
Policing reforms often focus on efficiency and effectiveness
(New Public Management)
To be achieved by standardizing public sector activities,
and providing less room for judgment
There is a tension between ‘deep reform’ and ‘the visible success of reforms’
The NHS in an age of austerity
And the dilemmas of pursuing efficiency gains within highly-skilled professions
Resistance as an inherent (and constitutive) part of system design
And also that I want you to write essays that persuasively convey your insights and
originality
, What will we look at?
• The concept of control • Special Topics
1. The Financial Crisis
• Designing management
2. Artificial Intelligence
accounting systems for different
• Sustainable Development
types of organisations. E.g.: 1. The Sustainable Development Goals
1. Do we care if hospitals are efficient? 2. Carbon Accounting
2. What is effective policing?
• Processes and challenges of • Recap and Assessment Guidance
implementing management
accounting systems
1. Particular focus on NGOs
2. Balanced Scorecards for NGOs
Topic 3 – Designing Control Systems in The Public Sector
, What we saw Yesterday
Policing reforms often focus on efficiency and effectiveness
(New Public Management)
To be achieved by standardizing public sector activities,
and providing less room for judgment
There is a tension between ‘deep reform’ and ‘the visible success of reforms’
The NHS in an age of austerity
And the dilemmas of pursuing efficiency gains within highly-skilled professions
Resistance as an inherent (and constitutive) part of system design
And also that I want you to write essays that persuasively convey your insights and
originality
, What will we look at?
• The concept of control • Special Topics
1. The Financial Crisis
• Designing management
2. Artificial Intelligence
accounting systems for different
• Sustainable Development
types of organisations. E.g.: 1. The Sustainable Development Goals
1. Do we care if hospitals are efficient? 2. Carbon Accounting
2. What is effective policing?
• Processes and challenges of • Recap and Assessment Guidance
implementing management
accounting systems
1. Particular focus on NGOs
2. Balanced Scorecards for NGOs
