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Accountants in organizational networks :

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TLets309123

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Accountants in organizational networks :

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[Thesis]

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Chapman, Christopher Spence.

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mapping patterns of interfunctional communication.

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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1995

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

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London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)

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1995

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The search for rules governing the successful management of organizations in differentenvironments and following different strategies is well established. One central thread thatruns through such contingency-type studies is that; as uncertainty increases, so does thenecessity for more complex forms of communication and control. From such a premise itdoes not seem unreasonable to expect that systematic differences should be found inaccounting across different organizations. The tools used for exploring such differences inthis thesis are strongly influenced by one further line of reasoning; by separatingaccounting in organizations from the people in organizations involved with it any attemptat understanding the linkages between accounting and organizational control is likely to beseverely hampered. In order to put forward these two lines of reasoning, this thesis drawson a series of social network studies carried out in four organizations in the UK Clothingand Textiles Industry. By directly investigating communication patterns within differentorganizations it becomes possible to shed some light on the issue of how accounting isimplicated in the functioning of these organizations. Analysis of these patterns ispresented in a series of organizational communication 'maps' alongside variousdescriptive statistics. With the aid of these, the roles of accountants and accounting areexplored and compared across organizations following different strategies and facingdifferent competitive environments.

Management & business studies

Chapman, Christopher Spence.

London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London)

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