Comparative Management Accounting

Comparative Management Accounting
Author: René Stienemann
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2009-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3640319680

Diploma Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - Controlling, grade: 1,7, University of M nster, 90 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The competitive environment for companies is steadily becoming more challenging and demanding. Large planned company take-overs as recently announced from multinational corporations like for instance MITTAL STEEL or E.ON AG indicate the demand for more sophisticated and advanced management accounting information in order to react properly on the external market pressures worldwide. Multinational companies regularly have to cope with different institutional environments, management practices, techniques as well as cultural understandings between the respective countries. While in this context the field of financial accounting has already attracted much attention from the academic world on a comparative nationwide level, the area of internal management accounting has largely been a concern of approaches focussing on single countries only. These approaches have been analysed by national academic scholars and as a consequence also influenced the practices in other countries. However, in order to initiate a discussion and to highlight best practices, novelties and inefficiencies in the management accounting world, a sophisticated comparison drawing on the differences and similarities in the observed countries has only recently been conducted in the management accounting literature. Furthermore, different labels, in different languages, are used to refer to management accounting around the world. The relatively young discipline of comparative management accounting tries to fill this gap in management accounting research by determining the degree of diffusion of applied concepts and practices in different countries. The present paper analyses the different characteristics of management accounting in Germany, the United Kingdom (U.K.) and the United States of America (U.S.). The paper is organi

Comparative Management Studies

Comparative Management Studies
Author: Alan S. Gutterman
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2019-04-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1949991377

All managers, regardless of where they work, must understand certain basic concepts such as the functions, roles, and skills associated with the managerial position and the styles available to managers for use in any given situation. However, context matters, and it is essential that managers understand the role that culture plays in being effective in their positions. This book begins with a brief description of the history and evolution of "management studies", continues with an overview of the scope and practice of comparative management studies, and provides examples of the research that has been done on cross-cultural transfer of management theories. In addition, the book includes materials on the search for, and analysis of, dimensions of management styles that can be used as a basis for creating models that can be used for comparison purposes.

Management Accounting in China and Southeast Asia

Management Accounting in China and Southeast Asia
Author: Robert C. Rickards
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2021-04-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030662454

This book is an essential guide to understanding how managers in China and Southeast Asia make effective economic decisions. In today’s competitive global economy, it’s vital to grasp how the most dynamic part of Asia is employing accounting tools in actual practice. The carefully crafted empirical studies presented here demonstrate the application of management accounting concepts in a variety of economic scenarios. Overall, these comparative investigations describe theory and common practices in a way that yields insights for both strategic and day-to-day problem solving. Accordingly, Management Accounting in China and Southeast Asia will interest graduate students, professional practitioners, and researchers in accounting, management, and finance.

Management Accounting and Control

Management Accounting and Control
Author: Michel Charifzadeh
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2017-10-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 352750821X

Management accounting has been the basic toolbox in business administration for decades. Today it is an integral part of all curricula in business education and no student can afford not to be familiar with its basic concepts and instruments. At the same time, business in general, and management accounting in particular, is becoming more and more international. English clearly has evolved as the "lingua franca" of international business. Academics, students as well as practitioners exchange their views and ideas, discuss concepts and communicate with each other in English. This is certainly also true for management accounting and control. Management Accounting is becoming more and more international. ?Management Accounting and Control? is a new textbook in English covering concepts and instruments of management accounting at an introductory level (primarily at the Bachelor level, but also suited for general management and MBA courses due to a strong focus on practical relevance). This textbook covers all topics that are relevant in management accounting in business organizations that are typically covered in German and Central European Bachelor courses on management accounting and control. After a general introduction to the field of management accounting and control the book discusses cost management as an extension of cost accounting. Typical cost management instruments such as target costing, life cycle costing and process-based costing approaches are explained in detail. Differences between Anglo-American activity-based costing (ABC) and German process-based costing are highlighted. The book then turns to an extensive discussion of planning and budgeting tasks in management accounting with a strong focus on the practical application of the topic such as developing a budget in practice. Another chapter is dedicated to a comparison of traditional budgeting with modern /alternative budgeting approaches. A major part of the book is dedicated to the broad area of performance management. The relevance of financial statement information for performance management purposes is discussed in detail. In addition, the most widely spread financial performance indicators are illustrated using real-world examples. The book also includes detailed content on value-based management control concepts. In a consecutive chapter, performance measurement is linked with strategy while extensively discussing the Balanced Scorecard as a key tool in strategic performance management. The remaining parts of the book deal with management reporting as one of the main operative tasks in management accounting practice. The book closes with insight into new fields and developments that currently influence management accounting practices and research and promise to play an increasingly important role in the future.

Handbook of Management Accounting Research

Handbook of Management Accounting Research
Author: Christopher S. Chapman
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2006-12-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 008046887X

Volume one of the Handbooks of Management Accounting Research sets the context for both Handbooks, with three chapters outlining the historical development of management accounting as a discipline and as a practice in three broad geographic settings. The bulk of the first volume then draws together a series of contributions that analyse the scholarly literature in terms of distinct intellectual and theoretical social science perspectives. The volume includes a chapter which looks at work informed by psychology as a base discipline. The volume also includes a set of chapters that seek to evaluate and explain issues of research method for the different approaches to research found within management accounting. Special pricing available if purchased as a set with Volume 2. Documents the scholarly management accounting literature Publishing both in print, and online through Science Direct International in scope

Comparative Issues in Local Government Accounting

Comparative Issues in Local Government Accounting
Author: Eugenio Caperchione
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1461545811

In recent years there have been a number of significant reforms in local government accounting practices around the world. While the specific reasons for these changes vary, a common factor is the increasing need for governments to measure the efficacy and efficiency of their performance. Nowhere is this trend more apparent than at the local government level. This book aims to give a comparative international perspective on local government accounting innovations, and offers specific cases involving different economic, political and cultural conditions. Countries receiving extended treatment include Belgium, China, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. Together, the essays offer a state-of-the-art take on these issues and identify key issues for future research.

Management Accounting Practices in Egypt and China

Management Accounting Practices in Egypt and China
Author: Sherine Farouk Abdel Al
Publisher:
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2014
Genre:
ISBN:

This study provides a comparative analysis on the adoption rate of management accounting practices in Egypt and China. The results of the analysis have revealed significant differences between the two countries. For example, Chinese firms placed heavier emphasis on budgeting systems while Egyptian companies concentrated more on both performance evaluation and budgeting techniques. The study also reveals that Egyptians rely on traditional techniques but Chinese firms are opting for newer practices perhaps influenced by foreign partnered JVs.