Management Control Systems 3rd Edition Merchant Solutions Manual
Management Control Systems 3rd Edition Merchant Solutions Manual
Management Control Systems 3rd Edition Merchant Solutions Manual
Instructor’s Manual
Management Control
Systems
Third Edition
Kenneth A. Merchant
Wim A. Van der Stede
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Chapters Pages
I Introduction
1. Introduction 6
2. Model Syllabi 9
3. Case Matrix 70
4. The Case Method of Instruction: Suggestions for Students 75
II Teaching Notes for Cases
1. Leo’s Four-Plex Theater 81
2. Wong’s Pharmacy 83
3. Private Fitness, Inc. 84
4. Atlanta Home Loan 86
5. Armco, Inc.: Midwestern Steel Division 91
6. Loctite Company De Mexico, S.A. de C. V. 97
7. Puente Hills Toyota 101
8. Houston Fearless 76, Inc. 106
Includes (1) Teaching Note Addendum: Student Exam Assignment
and Report; (2) the Houston Fearless 76, Inc. (A): Aftermath case; and
(3) the Houston Fearless 76, Inc. (B) case.
9. The Platinum Pointe Land Deal 125
10. Axeon N.V. 130
11. Alcon laboratories, Inc. 139
12. Controls at the Bellagio Casino Resort 143
13. The Lincoln Electric Company 149
14. PCL: A Breakdown in the Enforcement of Management Control 154
15. Philip Anderson 155
16. Sunshine Fashion: Fraud, Theft and Misbehavior Among Employees 161
17. Fit Food, Inc. 162
18. Diagnostic Products Corporation 168
19. Game Shop, Inc. 174
20. Family Care Specialists Medical Group, Inc. 182
21. AirTex Aviation 188
22. Kranworth Chair Corporation 195
23. Toyota Motor Sales 203
24. Zumwald, AG (with Erratum on page 208) 209
25. Global Investors, Inc. 213
26. Citibank Indonesia 219
27. HCC Industries 226
28. Patagonia, Inc. 232
29. VisuSon, Inc.: Business Stress Testing 238
Two VisuSon, Inc. databases are available online on the publisher’s
website – one for instructors, and one for students.
30. Harwood Medical Instruments PLC 244
31. Superconductor Technologies, Inc. 248
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Introduction
One constant in the teaching of virtually all courses in management control systems (MCSs) is
their heavy use of the case method of instruction. Even instructors who are most comfortable
lecturing and/or who like to describe the management control issues through relatively formal
(for example, agency theory) models find it useful to use cases to illustrate the lecture points or
the key parameters in the models. This textbook is set up to facilitate the teaching of MCS
cases. In addition to the text material, the book includes 71 cases of great variety. Thus, it can be
used in courses in which instructors use a case in virtually every class, or it can be used in
courses in which only a few cases are used.
Our own teaching style involves the use of many cases, with considerable student participation
in the discussions. This type of course makes some students, particularly those who have not
experienced a case course before, quite uncomfortable. We thus sometimes find it necessary to
“sell” the advantages of the case method. To this end, instructors can use the note called “The
Case Method of Instruction: Suggestions for Students” which can be handed out either in or
before the first day of class. This note is included in this manual for your consideration and
possible use.
Even with the same outline, instructors can choose to use quite different sets of cases and
different case orderings. This is because, unlike simple problems, most of the cases included in
the book describe rich real-world examples, and real-world examples usually do not illustrate
just one point.
Consider, for example, the new Statoil case which is included in Chapter 11 (Remedies to the
Myopia Problem) because Statoil uses a key-performance-indicator (KPI) structure that is
Balanced Scorecard-like to deal with some issues associated with more traditional approaches to
performance measurement, as discussed in Chapter 10 (Financial Performance Measures and
Their Effects). But the case can also be used effectively with Chapter 8 (Planning and
Budgeting) because Statoil separates the functions of target setting, forecasting, and resource
allocation using the principles of ‘Beyond Budgeting’. Statoil also relies quite substantially on
subjective performance evaluations in determining incentives as discussed in Chapter 9
(Incentive Systems). Finally, students have to consider the industry characteristics, the
organization structure, the characteristics of the people in key positions, and the company’s
history (e.g., a recent merger), some of which are dealt with in Chapter 16 (The Influences of
Environmental Uncertainty, Organizational Strategy, and Multinationality on Management
Control Systems). All told, the case can not only be used to focus on any of these issues but also
as a powerful integrative case cutting across several topics related to the design and operation of
a management control system.
Similarly, take the Toyota Motor Sales case which we included in Chapter 7 (Financial
Responsibility Centers) because it illustrates a possible change from a revenue center structure
to a profit center structure. However, this case can also be used effectively in Chapter 10
(Financial Performance Measures and Their Effects) because an important concern in the case is
whether a focus on accounting profits will make the new profit center managers (regional
general mangers) excessively short-term oriented (myopic); in Chapter 12 (Using Financial
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To give yet another example, the Catalytic Solutions case, which is included in Chapter 11
(Remedies to the Myopia Problem) to illustrate the use of nonfinancial performance measures,
also can be effectively used in Chapter 2 (Results Controls), Chapter 6 (Designing and
Evaluating MCSs), and Chapter 9 (Incentive Systems). It deals with designing and evaluating a
new, first-time incentive system (Chapter 6) to motivate employees toward generating desired
organizational outcomes (Chapter 2) that are primarily nonfinancial and long-term in nature
(Chapter 11). The case can also be used in Chapter 16 because of the critical importance in this
start-up company of meticulously executing strategy and dealing with the high uncertainty and
risk in the environment.
To help instructors with their case choice decisions, we included in this manual a so-called
“Case Matrix” showing the multiple links between cases and chapters.
The following pages also show several course organizations we use in various teaching
programs. The first syllabus (Model Syllabus 1) is for an undergraduate half-semester course
taught in a two-classes-per-week format over 7 weeks. The second syllabus (Model Syllabus 2)
shows the contents of a 5-week module focused on management control as part of a senior
undergraduate management accounting course taught in a two-classes-per-week format (through
a combination of weekly lectures and seminars). The third syllabus (Model Syllabus 3) is for a
15-week semester-long elective course in the MBA program, thus providing 30 sessions (2 class
meetings per week) of materials in this topic area. The fourth syllabus (Model Syllabus 4)
shows a 10-week term format to offer these materials to MSc students, again through two
meetings (one lecture and one seminar) per week. The final syllabus (Model Syllabus 5) is
essentially Model Syllabus 3 but offered as a single 3-hour class meeting per week. A format
with one long class each week makes it difficult, but not impossible, to use two cases each
week. Instead of using two cases, instructors may choose to use lectures, in-class exercises,
video clips, and so on, to break up the format.
You will also see that we used some cases “out of order;” that is, in conjunction with a chapter
reading different from the chapter in which the case is included in the book. That is why we
emphasize that both the inclusion of the cases in the chapters and these guides are merely
illustrative. We encourage instructors to adapt the materials to their own organization and
teaching emphasis. In so doing, we hope that the alternatives illustrated in the case matrix will
prove helpful.
Finally, some teaching materials have been made available electronically on the publisher’s
website (www.pearsoned.co.uk/merchant). These include, particularly, instructional transparencies
for each chapter of the book developed by Wim A. Van der Stede, as well as databases (Excel
spreadsheets) for the Bank of the Desert (A) and (B) and the VisuSon, Inc. case studies.
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Model Syllabus 1
E-mail kmerchant@marshall.usc.edu
Honor Code The Leventhal School Student Honor Code took effect on September 1, 1993.
All students are subject to the Code and are responsible for familiarizing
themselves with it. If needed, copies may be obtained from the receptionist in
ACC 101.
Text K. A. Merchant & W. A. Van der Stede (2012), Management Control Systems:
Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives. London: Financial
Times/Prentice-Hall, 3rd edition.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to broaden and deepen your conceptual and technical understanding of
accounting as it is used for management purposes. The emphasis in the course is on financial
controls, which dominate in importance at managerial levels in all but the smallest
organizations. Using financial controls requires managers to make decisions about: (1)
responsibility structures (e.g., cost centers, profit centers), (2) performance measures (e.g.,
market, financial, and/or nonfinancial measures, and their combinations), (3) performance
evaluations, which take into consideration performance targets or other benchmarks, and (4)
rewards (including performance-dependent compensation). The course is issue-oriented, with
current and emerging issues as a major focus.
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The course is built around a textbook—Merchant and Van der Stede’s Management Control
Systems. The text will be supplemented with some additional materials that will be distributed
via Blackboard.
The focus of most of the classes will be on a case that brings the topics “to life” and provides
issues for us to discuss. The readings are intended to provide background that is useful for
informing the case discussions. For each case, I will provide some Discussion Questions. These
questions are intended to help frame and focus your reading and consideration of the course
materials.
The cases require advance preparation and thought. I encourage you to prepare the cases in a
study group. Much of the learning comes from sharing and discussing your ideas with your
peers.
Grading
The quizzes will be given in a few classes on an unannounced basis. As protection against the
possibility of a bad day or an unlucky absence, in computing my course grades I will disregard
the lowest quiz score.
On the bottom of many of the class assignments, you will see that I have included an “e-mail
question.” Prior to noon before our class pertaining to that assignment, please send me an e-
mail message answering the question(s) for that day’s class. This is not intended to be a time-
consuming obligation. Your answers should be brief—three sentences or less for each
question.
Your answers to the e-mail questions serve multiple purposes. First, they help me to get to know
you and to see how you think. Second, these messages open the communication channels
between us. Since you have to send me a message, it is easy to append another thought. In the
past, some students have used this opportunity to ask a question on another topic or to give me
some feedback about the course. I welcome this. I might also respond immediately to your e-
mail question answer. Third, your e-mail answers help me orient the class discussion. For
example, they help me both to judge the mindset of the class and to find people with unique
perspectives. Finally, the questions are functional because they encourage good advance
preparation. The regularity with which you input your e-mail question answers on a timely basis
and the quality of your answers will form part of your participation grade.
I assign a material proportion of the grade based on class participation. I do this for several
reasons. First, it improves my grading accuracy. I think I can learn more from hearing you share
your ideas in a long series of classes than I can from reading what you write in a short exam
session. I keep track of participation in every class.
But perhaps more important than that, grading class participation motivates class participation,
and having highly interactive class sessions helps the learning process. Active class
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