TY - JOUR AB - Describes the important role of activity‐based management in determining the direction for those managing change. Explores the importance to the implementation of change of the understanding of cost in business as opposed to simply the desire to improve the way things are done. Concludes that managers should be clear about their direction for change before committing resources to the task. VL - 8 IS - 2 SN - 0954-478X DO - 10.1108/09544789610114858 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789610114858 AU - Clarke Paul AU - Bellis‐Jones Robin PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - Activity‐based cost management in the management of change T2 - The TQM Magazine PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 43 EP - 48 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -