1. Introduction
Galvor had been an independent company in the electronic industry of electronic measuring and test equipment since 1946, under the management of Mr. Latour, who was its founder and president. In 1974, Galvor was sold to Universal Electric (UE). Mr. Latour then became the chairman of the board of Galvor and Mr. Hennessy, from the UE, was deployed as Galvor's managing director. As parts of the transformation process from a small independent company to a part of a multinational corporation (MNC), Galvor had to change its planning and control system to comply with UE.
2. Planning and control system for Galvor as an independent company:
The essential purpose of a company's planning and control system is to make managers think long-term strategically, to provide a framework for budgeting, to allocate resources, to facilitate communication and coordination among different departments, and to evaluate managers' performance. For an independent Galvor company, top......
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