Independent Study: Proposal

Here is my proposal for independent study related to management control system in Japan, yet it was rejected since my sensei considered it would take long time and I wouldn’t be able to finish it on time. Moreover, I wasn’t fluent in Japanese which is the main constrain for conducting this research plan.

 

MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM IN JAPAN

CORPORATION: BEHAVIORAL ASPECT

Proposed by: Cindhi Cintokowati

I.               INTRODUCTION

Organization consists of many different individuals who work together to achieve its goal. Inevitably, each individu sometime has a goal that is not congruence with organization goal. Furthermore, they may behave on their own interest which may counterproductive for organization as a whole. In that case, management control system is designed to assure goal congruence between individual goals and corporate goals. An effective management control system can be built by analyzing its individual goal and other factors that may influence worker’s behavior. Once individual goal determined, it could be an important consideration to drive it along with organization’s goal through insentives and disinsentives policy. In other word, we need to observe workers’ behavior and reveal reason behind it to design an effective management control system.

II.             RESEARCH GOAL

Formulate an effective management control system to:

–          Motivate workers to posses productive behavior.

–          Encourage workers to develop ideas, creativity, and leadership skill.

–          Build workers’ loyalty.

III.           RESEARCH  OBJECTIVES

–          Reveal current implementation of management control system related to behavioral aspect.

–          Reveal how genre issues take place on workplace in Japan’s corporation.

–          Determine factors that strongly influence workers’ behavior.

IV.           RESEARCH METHOD

–          TYPE OF STUDY

Both quantitative and qualitative.

–          DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES

• Primary Data

Conducting interview with manager of Japan’s corporation and distributing questionair to its workers.

• Secondary Data

Related books and journals

V.             OUTLINE PAPER

1. Introduction: Explain definition and theory of MCS
2. Research Goal and Objectives
3. Research Method
4. Implementation of MCS in Japan’s Corporation: Nowadays

Regarding company’s policies on promotion system, salary, benefits, insentives, or any other policies that may affect workers’ behavior or motivation.

4. Research Results

Contains explanations regarding achieved objectives, such as factors that influence workers’ job satisfaction, etc.

5. Conclusion

Formulation management control system: behavioral aspect.

6. References