Management Accounting Model for Small Industrial Enterprises

Abstract

Abstract The aim of the paper is a model of managerial accounting for small industrial enterprises, which is not theoretically developed in the literature and in most small enterprises, managerial accounting is not even practically applied. The questionnaire survey found information about the tasks, tools and methods that managerial accounting performs in medium-sized companies. The analysis of the use of managerial accounting is the practice of small industrial enterprises was carried out through guided personal interviews, while the evaluation specified the most problematic areas of its application in these enterprises. Based on the findings of the analysis following the information obtained on the tasks, methods and tools of management accounting in medium-sized enterprises, a model of management accounting for small industrial enterprises was proposed. It defined the tasks that managerial accounting should perform in small industrial enterprises and, among the existing methods and procedures traditionally used in managerial accounting, those that are practically applicable in the given enterprises were proposed. The main benefit of the paper is the management accounting model for small industrial enterprises. The main emphasis is placed on the transparency of costs and the interconnection of information on individual elements of the accounting information system with minimal capital expenditures.