Management Accounting
Summary: The role in business played by management accountants will be significantly different in the future from what it is now, and it is it is unclear how many of today's accountants will be able or willing to adjust to that change. Management accountants will be part business partner and part facilitator of change in their companies; they will become more analytical and proactive, look into the future, and join with management in making and taking responsibility for tough decisions. They will also be the key personnel involved in developing, configuring, and dispensing information throughout their organizations.

Finances Future: Challenge or threat"-Management Accounting
This article is a bout the changing demands of the business world and the impact it will have on management accounting. According to this article the business role that management accountants play will be significantly different in the future. While this change is inevitable it is unclear how many of today's accountants will be able or willing to adjust to the change and conform to what is being called "New Accounting."
Accountants in the future will have to play a much larger role in their organization. Becoming a change agent, someone who can help accelerate change in an organization. This is a problem for most accountants who are used to doing the same job year after year with little to no change. Since the introduction of the computer management has recognized that the PC can perform in much less time many of the tedious number crunching activities accountants spend hours doing. As a result of this accountants are being asked to do more and become analytical and proactive, looking into the future and joining with management in making and taking responsibility for all those tough decisions. Management expects the accounting department in addition to its role