Accounting, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia Abstract Purpose – The purpose of paper is to present a review of the literature on management accounting innovations (MAIs). Specifically, it explores recent developments in research on MAIs and offers suggestions for future research. The review differs from existing reviews by its specific focus on MAIs and the recent time period covered. In this paper, MAIs refer to the adoption of “newer” or modern forms of management accounting systems such
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Chapter 1 Evolution of Human REsouRcE managEmEnt and Human REsouRcE infoRmation systEms The Role of InfoRmaTIon Technology Mohan ThiTe, Michael J. Kavanagh, and RichaRd d. Johnson EDITORS’ NOTE The purpose of this chapter is to provide an introduction to the fields of human resource management (HRM) and information technology (IT) and to the combination of these two fields into human resource information systems (HRIS). The history of the field of HRM and the impact of computer technology
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A CONCEPTUAL VALUE CHAIN MODEL FOR ORIGIN ENERGY 13 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY _____________________________________________________________ c 1 Introduction __________________________________________________________________ 1 2 Background __________________________________________________________________ 2 2.1 Background of Origin Energy ___________________________________________________ 2 3 Literature Review________________________________________________________________
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relations. Beside the traditional techniques (actual costing, standard costing, normal costing, etc.) new methods appear. Among the others, these are: Activity-Based Costing, Target costing, Process Cost System and Marginal Costing. The aim of this paper is to present these cost methods’ advantages and disadvantages, in order to find out, how the cost accounting profession can answer to the challenges of new business circumstances. Keywords: cost accounting, traditional methods, target costing, ABC
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Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila Intramuros, Manila Systems Strategy Torres, Bea Gale V. BSA 4-3 Systems Strategy is developed to address the organization’s technological means in terms of systems development. It is a comprehensive plan that I.T. professionals use to guide their organizations. A System Strategy should cover all facets of technology management, including cost management, human capital management, hardware and software management, vendor management, risk management and all other
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MODULE 2 PROJECT MANAGEMENT: PROGRAMME MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATIVE IMPROVEMENT CASE STUDY: “TROPHY PROJECT” GROUP ASSIGNMENT 05 JUNE 2012 We the undersigned hereby declare that this assignment is our own work. It has not been previously submitted for any other examination. Nocawa Johnson________________________________ Nolusindiso Mitani_________________________________ Welhemina Mnguni_________________________________ Content 1. Executive Summary…………………………………………………………
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Handbook of Management Accounting Research Volume 3 Edited by CHRISTOPHER S. CHAPMAN Imperial College London, UK ANTHONY G. HOPWOOD University of Oxford, UK MICHAEL D. SHIELDS Michigan State University, USA AMSTERDAM – BOSTON – HEIDELBERG – LONDON – NEW YORK – OXFORD PARIS – SAN DIEGO – SAN FRANCISCO – SINGAPORE – SYDNEY – TOKYO Elsevier The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK First edition 2009 Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of
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African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(30), pp. 12050-12065, 30 November, 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.1232 ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Management accounting: An instrument for implementing effective corporate governance Mayanja MK and Van der Poll HM Department of Management Accounting, Unisa, Pretoria, 0003 South Africa. Accepted 28 September, 2011 Management accounting is not given sufficient
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Strategic issues in the Retailer and Consumer Landscape 3 Consumer Market landscape 3 Digital Technology 3 Distribution channel 3 II – Strategic performance control system 3 1 – An integrated risk management approach combined with the Balanced Scorecard 3 Linking risk to tactical plan and strategies 3 Rapid responsiveness toward changing consumer landscape 3 Digital Technology 3 CONCLUSION 3 References 3 INTRODUCTION As the consumer industry landscape increasingly evolves complex
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Adoption of the Balanced Scorecard: A Contingency Variables Analysis Kevin Hendricks Richard Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario Larry Menor Richard Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario and Christine Wiedman* Richard Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario September 2004 We thank Harpreet Hora for her research assistance. We also acknowledge the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for providing funding for this project. * Corresponding
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