Management Control in a Voluntary Organization

List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Background and Rationale; 1. Introduction 2. Focusing the Problematic 3. A Typology of Voluntary Organizations 4. Overview of Findings 5. Chapter Summary; Part 2: A Critical Structuralist Framework; 1. Introduction 2. A Critical Structuralist Analysis of Management 3. Management Control in Voluntary Organization 4. A Critical Structuralist Framework for Churches 5. Chapter Summary; Part 3: Research Method; 1. Introduction 2. The Subject Organization 3. Case Study Design 4. Chapter Summary; Part 4: Accounting Systems 1: Formal Features and Financial Dynamics; 1. Introduction 2. Formal Accounting Systems 3. Financial Dynamics and Accounting 4. Chapter Summary; Part 5: Accounting Systems II: How is Accounting Used in Practice?; 1. Introduction 2. Uses of Accounting by Sacred Occupational Groups 3. Uses of Accounting by Accountants 4. Tensions between Occupational Groups 5. Chapter Summary; Part 6: Accounting Systems III: The Dynamics of the Budgeting Process; 1. Introduction 2. Historical Trends in the Budgeting Process 3. A Case Study of the Budgeting Process under Financial Stress 4. Chapter Summary; Part 7: Conclusions; 1. Introduction 2. Major Findings 3. A Comparison with Trends in Voluntary Organizations 4. Concluding Comments; Appendix; Bibliography; Index