This text provides concepts and cases for a course in management control systems, showing how managers design control systems to implement a firm's strategies. The book gives equal emphasis to management control techniques, such as transfer pricing and budget preparation, and behavioral considerations including motivation and goal congruence. Case studies give students practice in analyzing management control problems. It can be used as a text for students and as a handbook for general managers and consultants.Management Control Systems 10/e builds on strengths from prior editions by offering a rich diversity of cases balanced with current material. The primary market for Management Control Systems is an MBA level elective in control systems. The text may also be appropriate for advanced managerial accounting courses and/or MBA-level cost accounting courses with an emphasis on management control. The text is organized to develop insights and analytical skills related to how managers go about designing, implementing, and using planning and control systems to implement strategies.