Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia

This study focuses on the interactive use of Management Control System (MCS) and the identification of threats and opportunities that enables management to respond quickly to changes in the environment. The study aims to examine, from a resource-based view (RBV) perspective, the relationship bet...

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Main Authors: Ong, Tze San, Haghshenas, Zohreh, Teh, Boon Heng, Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel, Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16748/
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author Ong, Tze San
Haghshenas, Zohreh
Teh, Boon Heng
Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel
Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh
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Haghshenas, Zohreh
Teh, Boon Heng
Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel
Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh
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description This study focuses on the interactive use of Management Control System (MCS) and the identification of threats and opportunities that enables management to respond quickly to changes in the environment. The study aims to examine, from a resource-based view (RBV) perspective, the relationship between interactive use of MCS and organisational capabilities (market responsiveness, strategic networking, process reliability and efficiency, innovativeness and learning) as well as their subsequent impact on organisational performance. An empirical study was conducted involving 70 public-listed companies in Malaysia. The analysis included the use of descriptive and multiple regression tests. The findings provide empirical evidence that interactive MCS facilitates the development of organisational capabilities and that organisational capabilities play a mediating role in the relationship between MCS interactive usage and organisational performance. This study indicates that companies in Malaysia still focus on financial measures rather than on non-financial ones in most of their decision making. Managers who are short-term focused or financially oriented in their decision making may jeopardise the long-term sustainability of their organisations’ performance.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:167482021-06-10T01:51:22Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16748/ Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia Ong, Tze San Haghshenas, Zohreh Teh, Boon Heng Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh This study focuses on the interactive use of Management Control System (MCS) and the identification of threats and opportunities that enables management to respond quickly to changes in the environment. The study aims to examine, from a resource-based view (RBV) perspective, the relationship between interactive use of MCS and organisational capabilities (market responsiveness, strategic networking, process reliability and efficiency, innovativeness and learning) as well as their subsequent impact on organisational performance. An empirical study was conducted involving 70 public-listed companies in Malaysia. The analysis included the use of descriptive and multiple regression tests. The findings provide empirical evidence that interactive MCS facilitates the development of organisational capabilities and that organisational capabilities play a mediating role in the relationship between MCS interactive usage and organisational performance. This study indicates that companies in Malaysia still focus on financial measures rather than on non-financial ones in most of their decision making. Managers who are short-term focused or financially oriented in their decision making may jeopardise the long-term sustainability of their organisations’ performance. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16748/1/34060-154770-1-PB.pdf Ong, Tze San and Haghshenas, Zohreh and Teh, Boon Heng and Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel and Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh (2021) Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 15 . pp. 1-19. ISSN 2180-3838 https://ejournal.ukm.my/ajac/issue/view/1393
spellingShingle Ong, Tze San
Haghshenas, Zohreh
Teh, Boon Heng
Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel
Magsi, Hussain Bakhsh
Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia
title Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia
title_full Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia
title_fullStr Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia
title_short Management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in Malaysia
title_sort management control systems and performance: the mediating role of organisational capabilities in malaysia
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