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Table of contents
Letter of Transmittal ............................................................................................................................... I
Acknowledgement .......................................................................................................II
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................III
Introduction ................................................................................................................ 4
Strategic Orientation and Management Control Systems ............................................. 5
 Strategic orientation ........................................................................................................................ 5
 Management control systems ......................................................................................................... 6
 Interactive Control System .............................................................................................................. 7
 Strategic Uncertainty ....................................................................................................................... 7

Literature Review ........................................................................................................ 8
Objectives ................................................................................................................... 9
Methodology ............................................................................................................... 9
 Data gathering and analysis procedures.......................................................................................... 9

Types of systems used as interactively ....................................................................... 10
 Program management systems: .................................................................................................... 10



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