Twilight of the Literary or Management Control in NonProfit Organizations

Twilight of the Literary: Figures of Thought in the Age of Print

Author: Terry Cochran

In Western thought, the modern period signals a break with stagnant social formations, the advent of a new rationalism, and the emergence of a truly secular order, all in the context of an overarching globalization. In The Twilight of the Literary, Terry Cochran links these developments with the rise of the book as the dominant medium for recording, preserving, and disseminating thought. Consequently, his book explores the role that language plays in elaborating modern self-understanding. It delves into what Cochran calls the "figures of thought" that have been an essential component of modern consciousness in the age of print technology—and questions the relevance of this "print-bound" thinking in a world where print no longer dominates.

Cochran begins by examining major efforts of the eighteenth century that proved decisive for modern conceptions of history, knowledge, and print. After tracing late medieval formulations of vernacular language that proved crucial to print, he analyzes the figures of thought in print culture as they proceed from the idea of the collective spirit (the "people"), an elaboration of modern history. Cochran reconsiders basic texts that, in his analysis, reveal the underpinnings of modernity's formation—from Dante and Machiavelli to Antonio Gramsci and Walter Benjamin. Moving from premodern models for collective language to competing theories of history, his work offers unprecedented insight into the means by which modern consciousness has come to know itself.

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Management Control in NonProfit Organizations

Author: Robert N Anthony

Anthony and Young's MANAGEMENT CONTROL IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, 7e includes an abundance of cases that apply to a variety of nonprofit organizations. MANAGEMENT CONTROL IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, 7e provides faculty with contemporary management control theory combined with classic and contemporary cases that can be used to augment the learning process. The cases vary in length so that faculty may use this text in a beginning or advanced class.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	The Management Control Function	3
Ch. 2	Characteristics of Nonprofit Organizations	44
Ch. 3	General Purpose Financial Statements	85
Ch. 4	Full-Cost Accounting	159
Ch. 5	Measurement and Use of Differential Costs	211
Ch. 6	Pricing Decisions	248
Ch. 7	The Management Control Environment	299
Ch. 8	Strategic Planning	353
Ch. 9	Program Analysis	396
Ch. 10	Budgeting	443
Ch. 11	Control of Operations	513
Ch. 12	Measurement of Output	568
Ch. 13	Reporting on Performance: Technical Aspects	616
Ch. 14	Reporting on Performance: The Management Control Reports	646
Ch. 15	Operations Analysis and Program Evaluation	684
Ch. 16	Management Control Systems in Context	735
	Index	843