Explains modern business terms from activity-based costing and benchmarking to Total Quality Management and virtual corporation
"An entertaining introduction to a very serious and complex issue Internal control is no longer the exclusive domain of highly trained accountants on the internal auditing staff. Corporate boards, CEOs, and employees at virtually every level are now seen as responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring these controls; few, however, have the training and background needed to fulfill t…
The Future 500, first published in 1987, shows how business leaders can immediately begin to apply the lessons for aspiring enterprises in eight crucial spheres: the global marketplace, private-public sector relationships, collaboration v. competition, creative capital investment strategies, ethics and social responsibility, new organisational forms, integrated corporate subcultures, and the fu…