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Nespak's Project Control System

Wasif M Khan


INDUSTRY : Service

AREA : Accounting & Control

ORGANIZATION : Nespak

LENGTH : 31

LUMS No : 01-410-94-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 1994

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KEYWORDS:

Nespak,Project Control System,Accounting & Control,Service,Management,Growth,Organizations History


DESCRIPTION:

The case traces the history and organization of Nespak and deals with its Managing Director's concern to improve the firm's project control system in view of the firm's growth since its inception in 1973. He was particularly interested in quality issues on projects and wanted a project control system to ensure that Nespak was doing its best in that area.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Understanding: 1) The relative uncertainty between inputs and outputs that makes the nature of management control judgment to quite an extent. 2) The problems of professional organizations such as Nespak are compounded by the professionals who by nature ersist the idea of management control. 3) There is a whole span of activities within these organizations that encompasses both routine and non-routine type of work and further complicates the process of management control.


SUBJECTS COVERED:

Accounting & Control