This study aimed to obtain empirical evidence related to:(1)competitive strategy implemented by small and medium-size enterprises(SMEs)fashion sector;(2)management accounting system practiced by SMEs fashion sector;an...This study aimed to obtain empirical evidence related to:(1)competitive strategy implemented by small and medium-size enterprises(SMEs)fashion sector;(2)management accounting system practiced by SMEs fashion sector;and(3)analyze whether the existing accounting system,in accordance with contingency theory is adequate to support strategy implementation.The object of this study is SMEs engaged in the fashion sector with research variables are:competitive strategy and management accounting practices.Methods of data collection using questionnaires with respondents are owners of SMEs fashion sector.Data analysis used quantitative descriptive analysis.The result of data analysis shows that most of SMEs which become sample of this research have been exporting or planned to export its product.Based on further analysis,most of SMEs engaged in the sector have not yet prepared financial statements.The most important accounting records are records of receivables,cash inflows,and cash outflow.With these results,it can be concluded that the fashion-based SMEs sector has not been supported by adequate management accounting system to support the implementation of competitive strategy.In order to improve the competitive advantage of fashion-based SMEs,it is necessary to assist management accounting system as a provider of information that can be used as a basis for decision-making in accordance with the strategy implemented.展开更多
Accounting education is important in order to obtain an accounting job. Changes in the real world, such as advances in technology, increased global competition, and the shift from a manufacturing-based to a service-ba...Accounting education is important in order to obtain an accounting job. Changes in the real world, such as advances in technology, increased global competition, and the shift from a manufacturing-based to a service-based economy are influencing the management accounting techniques used by educators and practitioners today. The purpose of this research paper is to discover what techniques are required to obtain a management accounting job today. The research sampled situations vacant advertisements over four weeks. From the total of 374 management accounting job advertisements, 248 stated the management accounting technique of operational budgeting. The next most common techniques were variance analysis, financial reporting, capital budgeting, and computer system experience. The least common techniques were activity-based costing (ABC), process costing, standard costing, cost volume profit, activity-based management (ABM), and costs of quality, balanced scorecard, behavioral implications, ethics, and other. Management accounting educators should focus on the more frequently-cited techniques in order to prepare students for the practical world. This study also finds that many management accounting positions require financial accounting, so students should continue to be taught financial accounting conjointly.展开更多
This paper discusses three issues, raised by Relevance Lost (Johnson & Kaplan, 1987), about historical evaluation of the development of management accounting. The first issue is when management accounting system wa...This paper discusses three issues, raised by Relevance Lost (Johnson & Kaplan, 1987), about historical evaluation of the development of management accounting. The first issue is when management accounting system was formed; the second is how to evaluate its development in subsequent decades; the third is how to evaluate the development of practice and research of management accounting in almost twenty years after Relevance Lost was published. The role of Relevance Lost in practice and theoretical research of management accounting is widely recognized, and the disagreement with it in this paper is in the specific area of the development history of management accounting. The authors of this paper believe that the development, through having its ups and downs over time, is generally speaking a continuous process, not separated by disconnected phases, leaping from one to another. Along with the progress in practice and research, researchers and practitioners are deepening their understanding about the theoretical foundation and practical development of management accounting. The history of development of management accounting is consistent with the process people gradually understand it.展开更多
In this paper, the author explained characteristics of project-based teaching in practical training of manual accounting simulation, and clarified significance of project-based teaching in accounting simulation teachi...In this paper, the author explained characteristics of project-based teaching in practical training of manual accounting simulation, and clarified significance of project-based teaching in accounting simulation teaching and relevant application researches based on analysis on comprehensive manual accounting simulation. Also, to improve effects of project-based teaching in manual accounting simulation courses, teachers need to pay attention to multiple questions during the application.展开更多
While accounting practices(APs)are inherent to all businesses,factors to identify them are not always unanimous in the literature.This paper aims to analyze the contingency factors and accounting practices factors(APF...While accounting practices(APs)are inherent to all businesses,factors to identify them are not always unanimous in the literature.This paper aims to analyze the contingency factors and accounting practices factors(APFs),to see if and how very small enterprises(VSEs)produce and use accounting data.This research focuses on 10 semi-structured interviews with VSEs promoters or managers in Yaounde and surrounding.Content analysis is used to identify theirs accounting practices.That is,how and if accounting figures are produced and used.Very small enterprises(VSEs)use accounting practices.The majority is involved on forecasting and analyses or cost calculation.Mostly,cost calculation(management accounting)is used but,some are also applying daily registration of transactions(general accounting)and the assessment of financial situation(financial analysis).The principal implication here is in regard with accounting standards for VSEs.Taxation must be based on accounting.But that is not the case in our context.At least,75%of companies in Cameroun are VSEs.This means that they should be taken into account for accounting rules revisions.It emerges that the accounting practices of very small enterprises depend on the retention capacity of the manager,its profile,and the nature of the activity.The emergence of these variables can permit to apprehend the Information Accounting System of VSEs.展开更多
Accountability is seen as an organisational performance across private and public sector,including statutory bodies.Yet,does accountability prove instilled in part of integrity practices,especially in less mentioned s...Accountability is seen as an organisational performance across private and public sector,including statutory bodies.Yet,does accountability prove instilled in part of integrity practices,especially in less mentioned sector-statutory bodies?This study aims to evaluate the relationship of corporate integrity practices on accountability of Malaysian statutory bodies through questionnaire survey distribution.Based on 194 responses received from top management of Malaysian statutory bodies,it is proven that corporate integrity practices have a positive and significant relationship with accountability.Therefore,statutory bodies are recommended to exercise and implement corporate integrity practices by setting up integrity department and appointing corporate integrity officers.Hence,by upholding corporate integrity practices,it leads to the achievement of accountability of statutory bodies organisations.展开更多
文摘This study aimed to obtain empirical evidence related to:(1)competitive strategy implemented by small and medium-size enterprises(SMEs)fashion sector;(2)management accounting system practiced by SMEs fashion sector;and(3)analyze whether the existing accounting system,in accordance with contingency theory is adequate to support strategy implementation.The object of this study is SMEs engaged in the fashion sector with research variables are:competitive strategy and management accounting practices.Methods of data collection using questionnaires with respondents are owners of SMEs fashion sector.Data analysis used quantitative descriptive analysis.The result of data analysis shows that most of SMEs which become sample of this research have been exporting or planned to export its product.Based on further analysis,most of SMEs engaged in the sector have not yet prepared financial statements.The most important accounting records are records of receivables,cash inflows,and cash outflow.With these results,it can be concluded that the fashion-based SMEs sector has not been supported by adequate management accounting system to support the implementation of competitive strategy.In order to improve the competitive advantage of fashion-based SMEs,it is necessary to assist management accounting system as a provider of information that can be used as a basis for decision-making in accordance with the strategy implemented.
文摘Accounting education is important in order to obtain an accounting job. Changes in the real world, such as advances in technology, increased global competition, and the shift from a manufacturing-based to a service-based economy are influencing the management accounting techniques used by educators and practitioners today. The purpose of this research paper is to discover what techniques are required to obtain a management accounting job today. The research sampled situations vacant advertisements over four weeks. From the total of 374 management accounting job advertisements, 248 stated the management accounting technique of operational budgeting. The next most common techniques were variance analysis, financial reporting, capital budgeting, and computer system experience. The least common techniques were activity-based costing (ABC), process costing, standard costing, cost volume profit, activity-based management (ABM), and costs of quality, balanced scorecard, behavioral implications, ethics, and other. Management accounting educators should focus on the more frequently-cited techniques in order to prepare students for the practical world. This study also finds that many management accounting positions require financial accounting, so students should continue to be taught financial accounting conjointly.
文摘This paper discusses three issues, raised by Relevance Lost (Johnson & Kaplan, 1987), about historical evaluation of the development of management accounting. The first issue is when management accounting system was formed; the second is how to evaluate its development in subsequent decades; the third is how to evaluate the development of practice and research of management accounting in almost twenty years after Relevance Lost was published. The role of Relevance Lost in practice and theoretical research of management accounting is widely recognized, and the disagreement with it in this paper is in the specific area of the development history of management accounting. The authors of this paper believe that the development, through having its ups and downs over time, is generally speaking a continuous process, not separated by disconnected phases, leaping from one to another. Along with the progress in practice and research, researchers and practitioners are deepening their understanding about the theoretical foundation and practical development of management accounting. The history of development of management accounting is consistent with the process people gradually understand it.
文摘In this paper, the author explained characteristics of project-based teaching in practical training of manual accounting simulation, and clarified significance of project-based teaching in accounting simulation teaching and relevant application researches based on analysis on comprehensive manual accounting simulation. Also, to improve effects of project-based teaching in manual accounting simulation courses, teachers need to pay attention to multiple questions during the application.
文摘While accounting practices(APs)are inherent to all businesses,factors to identify them are not always unanimous in the literature.This paper aims to analyze the contingency factors and accounting practices factors(APFs),to see if and how very small enterprises(VSEs)produce and use accounting data.This research focuses on 10 semi-structured interviews with VSEs promoters or managers in Yaounde and surrounding.Content analysis is used to identify theirs accounting practices.That is,how and if accounting figures are produced and used.Very small enterprises(VSEs)use accounting practices.The majority is involved on forecasting and analyses or cost calculation.Mostly,cost calculation(management accounting)is used but,some are also applying daily registration of transactions(general accounting)and the assessment of financial situation(financial analysis).The principal implication here is in regard with accounting standards for VSEs.Taxation must be based on accounting.But that is not the case in our context.At least,75%of companies in Cameroun are VSEs.This means that they should be taken into account for accounting rules revisions.It emerges that the accounting practices of very small enterprises depend on the retention capacity of the manager,its profile,and the nature of the activity.The emergence of these variables can permit to apprehend the Information Accounting System of VSEs.
文摘Accountability is seen as an organisational performance across private and public sector,including statutory bodies.Yet,does accountability prove instilled in part of integrity practices,especially in less mentioned sector-statutory bodies?This study aims to evaluate the relationship of corporate integrity practices on accountability of Malaysian statutory bodies through questionnaire survey distribution.Based on 194 responses received from top management of Malaysian statutory bodies,it is proven that corporate integrity practices have a positive and significant relationship with accountability.Therefore,statutory bodies are recommended to exercise and implement corporate integrity practices by setting up integrity department and appointing corporate integrity officers.Hence,by upholding corporate integrity practices,it leads to the achievement of accountability of statutory bodies organisations.