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Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System

Simons, Robert

Product #:187081
Supplier:Harvard Business School
Discipline:Accounting
Setting:Massachusetts;New Jersey, 1986
Details:Case (PDF) • 17 pages • 1987-05-01 (Rev: 2000-02-10)

Subjects:

DecentralizationStrategic planningSystems theoryOrganizational restructuringStrategy formulationStrategyCapital budgetingEconomic forecastingBudgets and budgetingEconomicsFinance and investingAccounting

Industries:

Healthcare sector

Geography:

MassachusettsNew JerseyUnited States
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Detailed description of the planning and control systems in use at Johnson & Johnson. Focuses on the actions of managers in one subsidiary in revising budget targets. Illustrates intensive strategic planning and financial planning process in a large, decentralized company. Includes interviews with the president and senior executives concerning benefits of the system. Raises issue of the role of formal control systems in decentralized organizations.

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