Power and Control in Professional Partnerships

Strategic management controls in professional partnership firms are different from controls in companies. A recently developed model of strategic management controls in the partnership firm was applied in a modified form to a sample of 60 firms in three traditional professions—law, accounting and ar...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morris, T, Pinnington, A
Format: Journal article
Published: 1996
_version_ 1797098997003845632
author Morris, T
Pinnington, A
author_facet Morris, T
Pinnington, A
author_sort Morris, T
collection OXFORD
description Strategic management controls in professional partnership firms are different from controls in companies. A recently developed model of strategic management controls in the partnership firm was applied in a modified form to a sample of 60 firms in three traditional professions—law, accounting and architecture. Strategic management in the partnerships was broadly consistent with the model but we identified three adaptations in 10 of the sample of firms: corporate planner, corporate monitor and operations monitor. This article explains these adaptations and suggests that the form which strategic control takes in a partnership depends on the distribution of power in the firm.
first_indexed 2024-03-07T05:17:28Z
format Journal article
id oxford-uuid:ddb28db6-dce3-4799-b2f2-4b97968700c5
institution University of Oxford
last_indexed 2024-03-07T05:17:28Z
publishDate 1996
record_format dspace
spelling oxford-uuid:ddb28db6-dce3-4799-b2f2-4b97968700c52022-03-27T09:26:57ZPower and Control in Professional PartnershipsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ddb28db6-dce3-4799-b2f2-4b97968700c5Saïd Business School - Eureka1996Morris, TPinnington, AStrategic management controls in professional partnership firms are different from controls in companies. A recently developed model of strategic management controls in the partnership firm was applied in a modified form to a sample of 60 firms in three traditional professions—law, accounting and architecture. Strategic management in the partnerships was broadly consistent with the model but we identified three adaptations in 10 of the sample of firms: corporate planner, corporate monitor and operations monitor. This article explains these adaptations and suggests that the form which strategic control takes in a partnership depends on the distribution of power in the firm.
spellingShingle Morris, T
Pinnington, A
Power and Control in Professional Partnerships
title Power and Control in Professional Partnerships
title_full Power and Control in Professional Partnerships
title_fullStr Power and Control in Professional Partnerships
title_full_unstemmed Power and Control in Professional Partnerships
title_short Power and Control in Professional Partnerships
title_sort power and control in professional partnerships
work_keys_str_mv AT morrist powerandcontrolinprofessionalpartnerships
AT pinningtona powerandcontrolinprofessionalpartnerships