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Theorising and conceptualising the sustainability control system for effective sustainability management
This conceptual paper explores the iterative relationship between system design and use for the development process of sustainability control systems (SCS). Buildingupon Adler and Borys’ seminal framework (Adm Sci Q 41(4):61–89, 1996) as ananalytical tool, it suggests that SCS are characteristically distinct, and more researchinto the dual role of control (i.e. control over based on system design and controlin situ based on system use by the individual user) is necessary for future theorisations of the SCS. It poses that for sustainable futures that extend beyond organisational boundaries, more attention is required on individual general employees inmanagement accounting and control frameworks as instrumental for performanceoutcomes. To this end, individual values, borne from the extra-organisational context,are considered important alongside organisational ones for the developmentof SCS. Thus, the paper bridges perspectives on system characteristics, the individualand performance outcomes by offering a theoretical framework for futureresearch. It also extends studies on accounting as a social practice by emphasising the extra-organisational factors that influence internal accounting systems. Finally,it expounds upon the notion of social control as an individual-level phenomenon,necessary for sustainability. This expanded theoretical perspective also has implicationsfor practice by encouraging managers to think strategically about how systems are received from the perspective of the user. This can encourage more commitment to the sustainability cause from the outset, as well as over spatial and temporal boundaries.
Theorising and conceptualising the sustainability control system for effective sustainability management
This conceptual paper explores the iterative relationship between system design and use for the development process of sustainability control systems (SCS). Buildingupon Adler and Borys’ seminal framework (Adm Sci Q 41(4):61–89, 1996) as ananalytical tool, it suggests that SCS are characteristically distinct, and more researchinto the dual role of control (i.e. control over based on system design and controlin situ based on system use by the individual user) is necessary for future theorisations of the SCS. It poses that for sustainable futures that extend beyond organisational boundaries, more attention is required on individual general employees inmanagement accounting and control frameworks as instrumental for performanceoutcomes. To this end, individual values, borne from the extra-organisational context,are considered important alongside organisational ones for the developmentof SCS. Thus, the paper bridges perspectives on system characteristics, the individualand performance outcomes by offering a theoretical framework for futureresearch. It also extends studies on accounting as a social practice by emphasising the extra-organisational factors that influence internal accounting systems. Finally,it expounds upon the notion of social control as an individual-level phenomenon,necessary for sustainability. This expanded theoretical perspective also has implicationsfor practice by encouraging managers to think strategically about how systems are received from the perspective of the user. This can encourage more commitment to the sustainability cause from the outset, as well as over spatial and temporal boundaries.
Theorising and conceptualising the sustainability control system for effective sustainability management
Johnstone, Leanne (Autor:in)
01.01.2019
ISI:000482313500003
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
690
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