Development Of Management Accounting Research Articles

Interpretive Theorizing on the Development of Management Accounting in Russia: Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach

In this paper, the author discusses a method of interpretive theorizing to construct a grounded theory and discusses its application to management accounting research. It is exemplified by the study of the development and the current state of management accounting in Russia and is conducted by the author with a main phase of investigation between 2014 and 2019. These studies employed various methods including archival research, an extended survey study, and a longitudinal case-based study of particular companies, all of them having produced diverse results. An interpretive approach, as demonstrated in this paper, is an effective vehicle to pursue the ambitious goals of reconciling findings from multiple studies while searching for patterns among them. Such a process allows the author to explore, formulate, and explain a holistic, but a systematic picture of the state and development of management accounting and contribute to the development of theory. The paper demonstrates how the author applied a cornerstone of the qualitative analysis—various coding approaches—to develop categories as foundations for formulated theoretical propositions. The emerging theory claims that the influence of external factors on the development of management accounting in Russia has been spontaneous and unsustainable, while management accounting competencies of the decision-makers of mid-sized companies (internal factors) were not sufficient to arrange a proper management accounting function, which led to the “managerial dead-end” and created a “vicious circle” that does not give rise to financial leadership.

Research on the Current Situation of Management Accounting in the Application of Enterprises

The relationship between economy and accounting is getting closer and closer in the modern market economy system. Enterprises are the main body of market economy. The application of management accounting in modern enterprises plays an increasingly important role in the development of enterprises. The changes of modern economy not only play a positive role in the production of management accounting, but also constantly put forward new requirements, which promote the development of management accounting.

Development of management accounting in the light of scientific achievements of the Wroclaw school of accounting studies

The main purpose of the paper was to present the scientific input and achievements of the Wroclaw school of accounting studies at Wroclaw University of Economics in the area of management accounting development in Poland in the post-war period, early in the history of the University. Conclusions presented in this paper are formulated on the basis of literature studies conducted by the author, with a special focus on the wealth of information published by the leading representatives of the Wroclaw centre, particularly in the area of management accounting. The paper offers insight into the work of the most prominent figures of the Wroclaw school and their roles in the initiation and evolution of the management accounting science in Poland. Analyses suggest that many of the scientific observations reported by the centre, both in the form of articles and non-serial printed publications, were consistent with the leading academic modes of approach to management accounting, not only in Poland, but also in the international dimension. Important publications in management accounting can be found in the scientific output of many researchers and academics of the Wroclaw school of accounting studies, with the most prominent figures rightly considered as precursors and pioneers of management accounting in Poland. In addition, the study provides evidence to confirm strong associations linking the evolution of management accounting studies at the Wroclaw centre with the current socio-economic transformations and turbulent conditions of economic operation observed in the post-war period.

Nomenclature of expenditure in the mechanism for determining the cost of educational and pedagogical services of higher education institutions

In the course of the research, the scientific literature of domestic and foreign scientists has been analyzed, which dealt with the problems of cost accounting in general and the budget sphere in particular. The purpose of the article is to work out the composition of expenditures of the State Higher Education Institutions for providing educational and pedagogical services, as a theoretical basis for accounting of such expenses. Special and general scientific methods of cognition were used to ensure the effectiveness of the scientific search. In particular, induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, grouping. It is established that the cost basis of the mechanism of providing educational and pedagogical services is the cost category, which provides for determining the appropriate composition of the expenses that form it. Analyzing the cost structure, it was found that the given cost structure is quite general, therefore, the profile normative documents for accounting of the costs of educational and pedagogical services of higher education institutions were examined. The article deals with the normative approaches to the identification of the nomenclature of expenditures in the context of determining the cost of educational and pedagogical services of public higher education institutions have some disadvantages. The development of a new structure of expenditures, taking into account different classification features, taking into account the realities of financial and budgetary and economic activity of public higher education institutions, will provide the formation of analytical direction of accounting of expenses and elaboration of analytical subordination of accounting accounts. This, in turn, will make it possible for the cost accounting data of the main product of the activity of public higher education institutions to be verified. Under these conditions, the development of management accounting in public higher education institutions will be a real opportunity, and in fact management accounting will become an effective tool for managing the activities of public higher education institutions.

DEVELOPMENT OF ACCOUNTING IN THE SYSTEM OF MAKING MANAGERIAL DECISIONS: HISTORICAL ASPECT

The article investigates the history of stages of emergence and formation of accounting in enterprise management in different countries of the world, taking into account domestic experience, and also determines its development in ensuring strategic decision-making. According to the results of the study, it is found that in the countries of the world there is no single approach of interpretation of "management accounting". It is justified that for English-speaking countries only, the concept of "management accounting" is generally accepted. It is determined that the term "management accounting" is a misinterpretation of the phrase "Management accounting", which literally means "management accounting", not management accounting. This made it possible to clarify the modern understanding of management accounting, which comes down to the disclosure of its first part, that is, the emphasis on the word "managerial", because it is this definition reveals a meaningful content of what is expected of such accounting and what it is intended for. It is determined that the development of management accounting is in an interdisciplinary direction. Systems theory and analysis, law, economic cybernetics, mathematics, probability theory, modeling, models and decision-making methods, information technology and programming. Such synergetics helps to strengthen accounting in business management of enterprises. The study of the historical evolution of management accounting component revealed the patterns of its formation and helped to highlight the six stages of its development in management. Selected stages of accounting form reflect the development of its organization and methodology in management, thereby attesting to the emergence of new ever-growing requirements for both accounting and its data.

Management Accounting Maturity Levels Continuum Model: a Conceptual Framework

Until now, in the financial domain, there were only few attempts made to develop maturity models – a useful tool to identify strengths and weaknesses of certain domains of an organization. The aim of this paper is to present a maturity model for management accounting. The method used to develop the model is an interpretive approach, in which an exploratory sequential mixed method research design was applied to broadly explore and understand data on management accounting systems in various settings and in its historical perspective. This study extends my previous research on development of management accounting and financial leadership (Lebedev, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019b, 2019a). The framework traces 10 prototype roles of management accounting along their continuum of maturity (from “non-existent” to “strategic leadership”). Each maturity level reflects the extent to which management accounting creates value for its users based on the support provided for “conversations” among stakeholders, the deepness of leadership “embodied” into the management accounting function, and the effectiveness of management accounting principles and management accounting practices (MAPs) employed. This study contributes to the theory of management accounting by offering a framework for understanding of the evolution of financial function and management accounting. In practical terms, the results of the research could be applied to support decisions in transformation of financial function along its maturity continuum (both conducted internally by managers and/or with external support of consultants and advisors), supporting the process of reconciliation of current practices of a company being transformed to a proposed transformational strategy and chosen direction of implementation.

Анализ методологических подходов к управленческому учету на предприятии

The article deals with the stages of development of management accounting, the points of view of various authors, justified the need for quality management information, which has an impact on the development of cost accounting as its own economic information system of enterprises of various forms of ownership

Современные проблемы и перспективы развития управленческого учета

Современные проблемы и перспективы развития управленческого учета

Review of Chinese and Foreign Management Accounting Research—Based on Management Accounting Research Topics and Research Methods

This paper takes 71 management accounting documents published in the 2015-2017 mainstream journals as a sample, systematically combs, summarizes and reviews the management accounting research topics and research methods. We find that the subject of management accounting research is increasingly diversified, with performance evaluation and measurement, compensation and incentive research being the most popular. There are obvious differences in research methods at home and abroad. Among them, domestic research mainly focuses on data-based empirical analysis and normative research, while foreign literature research methods prefer experimental research methods. I hope that the comparative analysis of the article can provide reference for the research and development of domestic management accounting.

Business Context as an Object of Accounting and Analysis

The classical approach to the problems of management and control of the functioning and development of business presupposes a relatively stable context, that is sufficiently long-lasting consistency of political, economic, social, technological and other conditions. Accounting and analytical support for management in this case is aimed at processes related to the fnancial, operational and investment activities of the organization. In recent years, the volatility of the business context has been continuously increasing and eliminating changes in the conditions of the organization’s functioning without threatening the economic security of the organization is becoming less and less possible. In the presented research directions of methodological development of accounting and analysis of the business context are determined, as well as the peculiarities of the content of these directions are analyzed. At the same time, it is taken into account that at present the assessment of the business context has become an obligatory requirement of various international management standards. To assess the possibilities of methodical expansion of accounting and analysis of the context, the main provisions of the theory of stakeholders, the theory of sustainable development, business analysis were applied. As a result of the research it was revealed that the processes connected with the formation of business potential aimed at increasing the resilience to changing the context, increasing the strategic security reserve of the organization, meeting the requirements of key stakeholder groups, are subject to systematic accounting, control and analysis. Accounting and analytical work in this direction will allow to create more advanced information and analytical support for the adoption of various managerial decisions, including decisions of innovative business change, timely implementation of preventive measures in connection with future changes in external operating conditions, decisions of effective interaction with internal and external interested parties. The results of the work presented and the prospects for its further development are closely related to the development of research in the feld of accounting and analysis in such areas as business analysis, the formation of standards of non-fnancial reporting, integrated reporting, the development of strategic management accounting, and others.

Developing the Accounting Concept in the Public Sector

The main goal of this study is to develop an accounting concept for the public administration sector of the Russian Federation with state (municipal) institutions as an example. To fulfill this task, the specifics of the state (municipal) institutions were explored, the international practice of arranging accounting in the public sector was analyzed, and the current state of the information and administration function of accounting in the institutions under study was examined.Because of the analysis, specific proposals for the development of the information function of accounting were developed through the application of the accounting policy template and the development of management accounting for obtaining information for internal users. Regarding the development of the control function of accounting in state (municipal) institutions, the use of a risk map, a register of risks and other administration tools and procedures was justified.The scientific novelty of the study is in systematization of the problems existing in the formation of the accounting system in state (municipal) institutions and in the development of proposals to improve its efficiency.

PENERAPAN AKUNTANSI MANAJEMEN LINGKUNGAN PADA DUA PULUH LIMA PERUSAHAAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI INDEKS SRI KEHATI 2013

The problems with the environment which has grabbed the public attention is the main reason for the development of environmental management accounting. Companies need to take parts in this continuous development. One efforts which has been done is to disclose of maintaining environment quality. The cost and benefit of the companies’ activity in responding to environmental issues is regarded as information which needs to be revealed in sustainable reporting. This research is aimed to explore the information of companies’ activity in relation to environmental issues. This research classifies the criteria of environmental costs into four (4) and analyses the companies indexed in SRI KEHATI. This is a qualitative research. The researcher conducts an analysis on 25 companies listed in 2013 SRI KEHATI index. This research finds that the most common activities conducted by the companies in taking their responsibilities to the environment is in waste management, energy efficiency, and nature preservation (in relation to biodiversity). There are only four (4) companies which have devoted most of their activities to environmental issues; Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Tambang Batu Bara Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk, Telelomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, and United Tractors Tbk. The common criteria employed is preventive cost.

PENERAPAN AKUNTANSI MANAJEMEN LINGKUNGAN PADA DUA PULUH LIMA PERUSAHAAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI INDEKS SRI KEHATI 2013

The problems with the environment which has grabbed the public attention is the main reason for the development of environmental management accounting. Companies need to take parts in this continuous development. One efforts which has been done is to disclose of maintaining environment quality. The cost and benefit of the companies’ activity in responding to environmental issues is regarded as information which needs to be revealed in sustainable reporting. This research is aimed to explore the information of companies’ activity in relation to environmental issues. This research classifies the criteria of environmental costs into four (4) and analyses the companies indexed in SRI KEHATI. This is a qualitative research. The researcher conducts an analysis on 25 companies listed in 2013 SRI KEHATI index. This research finds that the most common activities conducted by the companies in taking their responsibilities to the environment is in waste management, energy efficiency, and nature preservation (in relation to biodiversity). There are only four (4) companies which have devoted most of their activities to environmental issues; Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, Tambang Batu Bara Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk, Telelomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, and United Tractors Tbk. The common criteria employed is preventive cost.

The Development Perspectives of Sustainable Management Accounting in Central and Eastern European Countries

Central and Eastern European countries undergo many political, structural, social and economic changes, with growing public awareness of the need for corporate sustainability among them. These changes influence all business activities of companies; the management accounting system, however, is particularly susceptible to the effects of these changes. Management accounting research is usually carried out using a conventional, mainstream approach, followed by most scientific researchers analyzing management accounting. This paper aims to promote the perception of the changes and prospects of the development of management accounting in Central and Eastern European countries with in-depth consideration of corporate social responsibility, viewing the role of accounting in a wider social, ethical, environmental, cultural and historical context. Therefore, the aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of sustainable management accounting in the context of socio-economic transformations and developments in these countries, in the research perspectives of alternative management accounting. The paper relies on theoretical and methodological triangulation, using inductive and deductive reasoning as well as descriptive and comparative analysis. A bibliometric analysis, based on the scientific paper in Web of Science’ database relating management accounting research in Central and Eastern Europe countries in 1945–2017, reveals key trends in changes in the field of management accounting research, and allows us to anticipate the direction of future research in this region. The results of research in these areas determine the future growth, importance, and character of the sustainable management accounting practices of companies from Central and Eastern Europe. It offers findings which are potentially useful for both theory and practice.

Challenges in Management Accounting-A Methodological and Thematic Review

The research focuses on analyzing the challenges in management accounting in present scenario. The study includes non-empirical analysis of the changing trends in accounting process throughout the organizations across the globe. From the effects of globalization to the trend of automation, few attributes of the challenges have been analyzed and composed in this research paper. A thematic approach has been adopted in the research. This included systematic literature review in which 20 papers were identified, followed by methodological review and the three main themes were identified as Globalization, Automation and Evolution of Management Accounting. Analysis began with the study of internal costs involved in an organization and moved on to focus on the cost allocation done in different scenarios. The initial analysis helped us to narrow down on the few major challenges that the accounting has been facing through the years. The outcome of the research suggests the organizations to have a common and uniform approach to the accounting practices and to keep updated with the technological and psychological trends of the society.

Дуализм в развитии управленческого учета: стандартизация и индивидуализация

Дуализм в развитии управленческого учета: стандартизация и индивидуализация

Perspectives and Trends in Development of Management Accounting in Georgia

Perspectives and Trends in Development of Management Accounting in Georgia

POCZĄTEK ROZWOJU RACHUNKOWOŚCI ZARZĄDCZEJ W POLSCE – WKŁAD OŚRODKA WROCŁAWSKIEGO

Management accounting is a discipline subject to dynamic development in the areas of theoretical concepts and practical applications. In Poland, the greatest development in this area occurred after 1989 in connection with socio-economic changes. However, the beginnings of management accounting development in our country date back to much earlier years. The Polish precursors to this discipline include W. Malc and J. Falewicz, who in 1963 published books on issues that fall within the scope of management accounting. W. Malc’s work concerned postulated costs, while J. Falewicz assessed the economy and profitability using the dependence between global costs and production volume. Currently, they are also one of the most important issues considered in management accounting. This leads to the recognition of W. Malc and J. Falewicz as precursors of management accounting in Poland stemming from the centre of Wrocław

Barcelona´s indianas manufacture

The paper aims to contribute to the debate about the emergence and development of management accounting in Europe by presenting an example of management accounting in Spain in the second half of the eighteenth century. The paper deepens the case of an indianas (cotton canvas printed and dyed) factory in Barcelona, exploring the productive organization and managerial structure using the accounting books of the firm. The firm’s methods of production, work organization, product costing, and production quality control are reviewed within the political and economic context of Spain during a period of deep transformation with the enthronement of a new monarchy and a deep change in the economic policy. The evidence presented in the paper support the existence of rudimentary management accounting and control techniques in a private firm in the midst of European industrialization.

Research on the Development of Management Accounting in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in China

In the early 20th century, management accounting was created with Taylor’s theory of scientific management. Management accounting is a continuous improvement process that provides value added value, design, measure and manage financial and non-financial information systems for enterprises. This process directs the management actions, motivates behaviour, supports and creates cultural values, which are needed to achieve organizational strategy, tactics and business objectives. The research and application of management accounting in China started late. It started in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During the period of about 30 years, management accounting has made great progress in both theory and practice. Many facts have proved that China’s management accounting has gradually shifted from quantity and quota management to management of cost and value, and from project and department management to comprehensive and strategic management. In recent years, with the implementation of fiscal policies such as department budget, investment review and performance appraisal, “comprehensive budget”, “zero-base budget”, “budget control”, “responsibility assessment” and other modern management accounting theories and methods have been applied in various enterprises in China. But the time that management accounting is formed and developed in China is not long after all. There are many defects and deficiencies in China’s management accounting. The theoretical structure, scope of research and practical application of management accounting are to be improved and enriched, and there is still considerable space for development. The problem is more serious in small and medium-sized enterprises [1]. This paper studies the current development status of management accounting in small and medium-sized enterprises and factors that affect the management accounting in the small and medium-sized enterprises, then proposes solutions to meet the development needs of management accounting in small and medium-sized enterprises.