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
Belgian public accounting has faced many changes since the law of May 15, 1846 on state accounting and is continuously evolving. Originally, only cash-based budgetary accounting existed, but the will to evolve towards...Belgian public accounting has faced many changes since the law of May 15, 1846 on state accounting and is continuously evolving. Originally, only cash-based budgetary accounting existed, but the will to evolve towards an accounting system allowing the follow-up of the public patrimony and debt and ensuring a better transparency of accounts appeared. So, after several changes in budgetary and accounting practices, the legislative authorities introduced an accrual-based accounting system and double-entry general accounting. The reform of 2003 is the main element of this accounting modernization, which is inspired by the new public management. This papert first describes the development of Belgian public accounting since 1846 and then dwells on the accounting reform of 2003, and more specifically, on its content and triggering factors, which can be linked not only to the development of Belgium but also to the international development. Finally, the level of implementation of this reform in different Belgian public entities is studied.展开更多
This paper aims to characterize management accounting techniques at the Portuguese lodging industry, identifying the techniques adopted and the determinants of adopting them and their adequacy for the decision-making ...This paper aims to characterize management accounting techniques at the Portuguese lodging industry, identifying the techniques adopted and the determinants of adopting them and their adequacy for the decision-making process. It is also a purpose to understand the extent to which the industry adopts the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry （USALI）. The sample includes 35 hotels, which were analyzed in the years 2009 and 2010. Evidence is found supporting the fact management accounting is a tool incorporated in the daily management practices of hotels and useful to support the decision-making process. The proportion used of traditional management accounting techniques is higher than the proportion of use of contemporary ones. The adoption of these techniques is influenced by the fact of the hotels being subsidiaries of a multinational hotel chain, as well as by their annual turnover. In Portugal, there is a weak use of USALI. It is more used in the large hotels and in hotels with a foreign control. Management accounting supports hotels to improve their performance, thus becoming relevant to analyze management accounting practices used by them, particularly which instruments and techniques. In this context, this study, the first of its kind in Portugal, is justified with the increasing need for accurate and actual information of the accounting practices of the hotels operating in Portugal.展开更多
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Belgian public accounting has faced many changes since the law of May 15, 1846 on state accounting and is continuously evolving. Originally, only cash-based budgetary accounting existed, but the will to evolve towards an accounting system allowing the follow-up of the public patrimony and debt and ensuring a better transparency of accounts appeared. So, after several changes in budgetary and accounting practices, the legislative authorities introduced an accrual-based accounting system and double-entry general accounting. The reform of 2003 is the main element of this accounting modernization, which is inspired by the new public management. This papert first describes the development of Belgian public accounting since 1846 and then dwells on the accounting reform of 2003, and more specifically, on its content and triggering factors, which can be linked not only to the development of Belgium but also to the international development. Finally, the level of implementation of this reform in different Belgian public entities is studied.
文摘This paper aims to characterize management accounting techniques at the Portuguese lodging industry, identifying the techniques adopted and the determinants of adopting them and their adequacy for the decision-making process. It is also a purpose to understand the extent to which the industry adopts the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry （USALI）. The sample includes 35 hotels, which were analyzed in the years 2009 and 2010. Evidence is found supporting the fact management accounting is a tool incorporated in the daily management practices of hotels and useful to support the decision-making process. The proportion used of traditional management accounting techniques is higher than the proportion of use of contemporary ones. The adoption of these techniques is influenced by the fact of the hotels being subsidiaries of a multinational hotel chain, as well as by their annual turnover. In Portugal, there is a weak use of USALI. It is more used in the large hotels and in hotels with a foreign control. Management accounting supports hotels to improve their performance, thus becoming relevant to analyze management accounting practices used by them, particularly which instruments and techniques. In this context, this study, the first of its kind in Portugal, is justified with the increasing need for accurate and actual information of the accounting practices of the hotels operating in Portugal.
