Abstract

O principal objetivo do presente estudo é explicar a dinâmica política e social do processo de mudança na contabilidade gerencial em uma companhia de distribuição elétrica brasileira privatizada, articulando e estudando as interconexões entre os ambientes inter e intra-organizacionais (nível político e econômico; nível do campo organizacional e nível intra-organizacional). Este trabalho adota o estudo de caso interpretativo como método de pesquisa para analisar as mudanças na contabilidade gerencial que aconteceram na companhia estudada durante um período de 8 anos, isto é, entre 2000 (o ano de privatização) até 2007. Este artigo defende que, para compreender essas mudanças na contabilidade gerencial, é importante discutir e entender a dinâmica social e política do ambiente inter e intra-organizacional, já que as práticas e os critérios no nível do campo organizacional, em combinação com a lógica intra-organizacional, formaram o sistema de contabilidade gerencial da companhia. Para explicar as mudanças na organização sob análise, este trabalho fundamentou-se nos construtos propostos por Dillard, Rigsby et al. (2004) para articular e compreender os três níveis do sistema social e político. Esses construtos são baseados nos eixos de tensão de Weber e na teoria de estruturação de Giddens. A análise deste caso indica que aconteceram profundas mudanças nos sistemas gerenciais da companhia após o processo de privatização, particularmente no sistema orçamentário, no sistema de medida de desempenho e na forma de uso da informação contábil gerencial pelos administradores.

Highlights

  • The main objective of this study is to explain the political and social dynamics of the process of management accounting change in a privatized Brazilian electricity distribution company by articulating and studying the interconnections between the inter- and intra-organizational environments

  • This paper argues that to understand the process of management accounting change, it is important to discuss and understand the social and political dynamics of the inter- and intra-organizational environments, because the practices and criteria at the economic and political level, as well as the practices and criteria at the organizational-field level in conjunction with the intra-organizational rationale, shape the company’s management accounting system

  • This comes in contrast with the previous budgetary system, which was used in a ceremonial way and described by some employees as a piece of fiction because nobody used budgetary information to make decisions before privatization

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Summary

Introduction

The main objective of this study is to explain the political and social dynamics of the process of management accounting change in a privatized Brazilian electricity distribution company by articulating and studying the interconnections between the inter- and intra-organizational environments (i.e., the political and economic level, organizational-field level and intra-organizational level). To achieve this objective, this work draws upon the constructs proposed by Dillard et al (2004) to articulate and analyze the three levels of the social and political system.

Case Study
A Case of Management Accounting Change: the Political and Social Dynamics
Management Accounting Change
Political and Social Dynamics of Management Accounting Change
Findings
Summary and Closing Comments

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