The Small Business sector represents the majority of the economies of most European Countries, and most of the companies belonging to it are owned and managed by a family – namely Family Businesses. In the next decades it is expected for them to be forced to face an intergenerational succession, meaning the stewardship transfer from the founder to the successor, both belonging to the same family. Studies upon this topic show that this event constitutes one of the most critical stages such firms have to deal with, and statistics disclose a 70% of failure rate among these processes. One of the main reason is that, together with passing the baton, the existing gap in the managerial approach that usually characterizes the two generations leads to an organisation-wide change project, which has all the hallmarks of a revolution. Due to the relevance of Management Control Systems recognized by the literature in structuring organizations and improving their performance, this thesis aims at approaching the Organisational Change field with these instruments, additionally applied to the Small Family Business Sector. The purpose is, indeed, on one side to understand the role of more sophisticated managerial tools and techniques in this context; and on the other side, to test the usability of a management control package framework as reference to assess the alignment of the planned change project with the implemented control systems. The framework classifies both change objectives and actual control decisions according to the orientation and role they have in the organisation, and through the comparison of the identified areas it will be possible to check whether the current managerial effort is oriented toward the final goal, or there is room for corrective actions to be taken. In this sense, the Management Control Systems implemented during an organisational change should serve as conveyors of the change itself, and as such they should be chosen accordingly.
Il settore delle Piccole e Medie Imprese (PMI) rappresenta la maggioranza dell’economia di molti Paesi Europei e la maggior parte delle aziende che vi appartengono sono di proprietà e sono gestite da una famiglia, prendendo appunto il nome di Aziende di Famiglia. Nei prossimi decenni ci si aspetta che molte di esse saranno costrette ad affrontare una successione intergenerazionale, ovvero il passaggio della gestione dal fondatore al successore entrambi appartnenti alla stessa famiglia. Studi sull’argomento rivelano che questo evento costituisce uno dei momenti più critici che queste imprese devono affrontare e le statistiche asseriscono una percentuale di fallimento pari al 70%. Una delle principali ragioni è che, contemporaneamente al passaggio del testimone, la differenza che esiste nell’approccio manageriale delle due generazioni spesso porta ad un cambiamento organizzativo che tipicamente interessa l’intera organizzazione e che assume tutte le caratteristiche di una rivoluzione aziendale. Data l’importanza riconosciuta ai Sistemi di Controllo di Gestione (SCG) dalla letteratura nel strutturare le imprese e migliorare le relative performance, questa tesi vuole affrontare il tema del Cambiamento Organizzativo utilizzando questi strumenti, ulteriormente applicati al settore delle Piccole Aziende di Famiglia. Lo scopo è infatti, da un lato, quello di capire il ruolo svolto da tecniche e sistemi gestionali più sofisticati in un simile contesto; e dall’altro lato, quello di verificare la possibilità di utilizzare un framework di SCG come riferiemnto per valutare l’allineamento tra quanto pianificato e quanto è stato effettivamente implementato. Il framework proposto classifica sia gli obiettivi del cambiamento sia le decisioni in termini di sistemi di controllo in base all’orientamento e al ruolo che svolgono nell’organizzazione; attraverso il confronto delle aree identificate è possibile verificare se l’attuale impegno manageriale è correttamente orientato verso l’obiettivo finale oppure se vi è la necessità di intraprendere azioni correttive. In questo senso, i Sistemi di Controllo di Gestione implementati durante un cambiamento organizzativo dovrebbero servire da messaggeri del cambiamento stesso e pertanto dovrebbero essere scelti di conseguenza.
A framework assessing organizational change and management control systems alignment. Results from a small family business case study
TREBINO, MARTINA
2013/2014
Abstract
The Small Business sector represents the majority of the economies of most European Countries, and most of the companies belonging to it are owned and managed by a family – namely Family Businesses. In the next decades it is expected for them to be forced to face an intergenerational succession, meaning the stewardship transfer from the founder to the successor, both belonging to the same family. Studies upon this topic show that this event constitutes one of the most critical stages such firms have to deal with, and statistics disclose a 70% of failure rate among these processes. One of the main reason is that, together with passing the baton, the existing gap in the managerial approach that usually characterizes the two generations leads to an organisation-wide change project, which has all the hallmarks of a revolution. Due to the relevance of Management Control Systems recognized by the literature in structuring organizations and improving their performance, this thesis aims at approaching the Organisational Change field with these instruments, additionally applied to the Small Family Business Sector. The purpose is, indeed, on one side to understand the role of more sophisticated managerial tools and techniques in this context; and on the other side, to test the usability of a management control package framework as reference to assess the alignment of the planned change project with the implemented control systems. The framework classifies both change objectives and actual control decisions according to the orientation and role they have in the organisation, and through the comparison of the identified areas it will be possible to check whether the current managerial effort is oriented toward the final goal, or there is room for corrective actions to be taken. In this sense, the Management Control Systems implemented during an organisational change should serve as conveyors of the change itself, and as such they should be chosen accordingly.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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