ABFM: Concepts and Practice · Part A: The Management Process

Chapter 6: Controlling

Making results match plans: the control process, budgets and variances, PERT and the critical path, and the balanced scorecard.

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In this chapter

• 6.1The control processp. 73
• 6.2Types of controlp. 74
• 6.3Budgets and variancesp. 75
• 6.4Projects and the balanced scorecardp. 76
• 6.5Control and information technologyp. 77
• Exam traps and quick checksp. 78
• Practice: 16 questions in three roundsp. 79
• Answers, with every wrong option explainedp. 81
• Make it stickp. 83
• Chapter 6 on one pagep. 84

Corrections and updates

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