The Changing Role of the Management Accountants

The Changing Role of the Management Accountants
Author: Panida Chotiyanon
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2018-07-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319903004

This book presents a comprehensive and holistic study on being a financial practitioner today. Using a practice theory approach, the book analyzes the work life stories of four financial practitioners who have been working between 13 and 25 years during the period of 1973 to 2015 and explains how their work identities are constituted in the practices throughout the years. It clarifies the public image of the management accountants and provides a better understanding of today’s management accountants—who they are and how they are formed—while theorizing on how to develop the next generation.

The Role of the Management Accountant

The Role of the Management Accountant
Author: Lukas Goretzki
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2017-09-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317377044

There is considerable national variation in the professionalization and status of the management accountant. Although researchers from different countries have contributed to our knowledge about tasks and roles, we have limited insights into the development, education, and socio-cultural influences in different countries and surprisingly little is known about the local and national contexts in which these roles are learned and performed. This book bridges this research gap using two complementary perspectives. The first part explores management accountants in a range of different national contexts, providing information about country-specific historical developments and educational standards as well as specific roles and tasks. The second part focusses on important global developments that will increasingly impact management accountants in the future, such as sustainability, the financial crisis, technology and changing roles. By combining local context with a global overview, this insightful volume provides an agenda for future research which will be of great interest to scholars and advanced students in management accounting throughout the world.

Management Accounting Change

Management Accounting Change
Author: Danture Wickramasinghe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113671393X

Written by two experienced lecturers, this is the first student-centered textbook to bridge the technical and theoretical aspects of management accounting change. Packed full of pedagogical features, including mini-cases, learning outcomes, key terms, article summaries, key concept boxes, real-world cases, chapter summaries and further reading suggestions and resources, it is clear and accessibly written, covering all the major emerging topics in management accounting theory. Discussing technical developments in management accounting from conventional cost accounting to contemporary strategic management accounting and beyond, in four parts it: shows how conventional cost accounting techniques and management control models evolved in line with the development of mass production and bureaucracy explores how recent developments such as customer and strategic orientations in business, flexible manufacturing, post-bureaucracy, network and virtual organizational technologies implicate in management accounting provides a number of alternative theories through which the transition of management accounting from mechanistic to post-mechanistic approaches can be explained – elaborating both rational and interpretive/critical theories. This excellent text meets a desperate need for an advanced management accounting textbook that incorporates theory and practice and is accessible and engaging for all those studying in this challenging area.

Management Accounting in Support of Strategy

Management Accounting in Support of Strategy
Author: Graham S. Pitcher
Publisher: Business Expert Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2018-05-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1947843826

Management Accounting in Support of Strategy explores how management accounting can support the strategic management process of analysis, formulation, implementation, evaluation, monitoring, and control. If the management accountant is to add value to the business they need to understand how the business works. The toolbox available to the management accountant does not just contain the accounting techniques, but also includes the strategy models and frameworks described in this book. Armed with this array of tools the management accountant is well placed to add significant value to the business. The reader will gain an understanding of the strategic management framework, strategic models and tools, and how management accounting can support the strategic management process. It will be beneficial for undergraduate and postgraduate course students studying strategy or management accounting. The book will also enable practicing accountants to understand how they can make a significant contribution to the success of their organization by demonstrating how management accounting can be used in support of strategy.

Principles of Accounting Volume 2 - Managerial Accounting

Principles of Accounting Volume 2 - Managerial Accounting
Author: Mitchell Franklin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2019-02-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781680922943

A less-expensive grayscale paperback version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680922936. Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Each chapter opens with a relatable real-life scenario for today's college student. Thoughtfully designed examples are presented throughout each chapter, allowing students to build on emerging accounting knowledge. Concepts are further reinforced through applicable connections to more detailed business processes. Students are immersed in the "why" as well as the "how" aspects of accounting in order to reinforce concepts and promote comprehension over rote memorization.

Management Accounting in Public Service Decision Making

Management Accounting in Public Service Decision Making
Author: Malcolm J. Prowle
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2020-12-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429773056

Radical changes to public service delivery have swept across many regions of the world. Management accounting methods are vital to support operational and strategic decision making in public services internationally. This book provides a comprehensive and “leading-edge” guide to the topic. Written by an expert scholar with practical experience of public service delivery, the book takes account of key trends such as increased demand for public services, financial austerity, technological change and enhanced performance management. A globally relevant book, informed by cutting edge academic research and benefitting from integrated case studies, this is essential reading for both students and practitioners involved with the financial aspects of public services management.

CIMA Official Learning System Management Accounting Risk and Control Strategy

CIMA Official Learning System Management Accounting Risk and Control Strategy
Author: Paul M. Collier
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2008-09-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0750687134

The 2009 edition of CIMA's Official Learning Systems has been written in conjunction with the Examiner to fully reflect what could be tested in the exam. Fully revised and now in 2 colour, paperback format the 2009 Learning Systems provide complete study material for the May and November 2009 exams. This edition includes: * practice questions throughout * complete revision section * topic summaries * recommended reading articles from a range of journals * Q & A's CIMA Learning Systmes are the only study materials endorsed and recomended by CIMA * The Official Learning Systems are the only study materials endorsed by CIMA * Fully revised with new examples and case studies * Written by the Examiner * Complete integrated package incorporating syllabus guidance, full text, recommended articles, revision guides and extensive question practice

CIMA Official Learning System Enterprise Strategy

CIMA Official Learning System Enterprise Strategy
Author: Neil Botten
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 709
Release: 2009-07-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1856177823

CIMA Official Learning Systems are the only textbooks recommended by CIMA as core reading. Written by the CIMA examiners, markers and lecturers, they specifically prepare students to pass the CIMA exams first time. Fully updated to reflect the 2010 syllabus, they are crammed with features to reinforce learning, including: - step by step coverage directly linked to CIMA's learning outcomes - fully revised examples and case studies - extensive question practice to test knowledge and understanding - integrated readings to increase understanding of key theory - colour used throughout to aid navigation * The Official Learning systems are the only study materials endorsed by CIMA * Key sections written by former examiners for the most accurate, up-to-date guidance towards exam success * Complete integrated package incorporating syllabus guidance, full text, recommended articles, revision guides and extensive question practice

Management Accountant

Management Accountant
Author: Alexander Tauber
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2019-11-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3346061663

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Controlling, grade: 1, University of Innsbruck, language: English, abstract: Controlling is the process of monitoring and analyzing activities for making sure that they are accomplished as planned and correcting any deviations. However, in the course of time, the area of responsibility of management accountants has changed. In the following essay we show the changing role of management accountants in recent time and in different cultures. In the first part of our paper we discuss the role of controllers and how it changed in recent time. The second part is about the four types of management accountants, which are the "discrete" type, the "safeguarding" type, the "partner" and the "omnipotent" controller, based on a field study conducted by Lambert and Sponem. With the help of a case study about problems in the daily life of controllers in a french aeronautics firm form Morales and Lambert we will show different inconveniences, which come along frewuently with the modern type of management accounting. Another question we will discuss in this essay deals with the controller's role in different cultures of several countries, where a paper by Granlund and Lukka was taken as the basis. In the last part we included some practical experiences which were gained in a practicum made by Patrick and we try to compare these experiences with the theoretical part of our essay in order to check the findings from the three afore mentioned papers our work is based upon.