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The Relationship Between Bureaucracy And Developments In Management Accounting, 1700-2023: An Overview, Helena Costa Oliveira, Russell Craig, Lúcia Lima Rodrigues Dec 2023

The Relationship Between Bureaucracy And Developments In Management Accounting, 1700-2023: An Overview, Helena Costa Oliveira, Russell Craig, Lúcia Lima Rodrigues

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia

Bureaucracy has co-existed with forms of management accounting [MA] from the time of ancient civilizations. In this paper, we review literature in a wide variety of scholarly journals and books to provide an overview of this co-existence. We trace the historical evolution of MA and how it was influenced by bureaucracy from 1700 to the present. We do so through four time periods, designated classical, modern, post-modern and contemporary. For each of these periods, evolving understandings of bureaucracy were linked to changes in the practice and conceptualization of MA. In the classical period (1700 – 1950), developments in MA corresponded …


Generating Variance Analysis Models Based On Responsibility Centers, Craig M. Sorochuk Aug 2023

Generating Variance Analysis Models Based On Responsibility Centers, Craig M. Sorochuk

Department of Computing and Decision Sciences Faculty Publications

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Sustainable Activity-Based Costing In A Small Flexible Manufacturing Environment, John Edward Schlaack May 2023

Sustainable Activity-Based Costing In A Small Flexible Manufacturing Environment, John Edward Schlaack

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This qualitative study was written to expand the understanding of the potential sustainable use of activity-based costing in a small flexible manufacturing environment. The research was designed as a multiple-site case study, targeting two diverse small manufacturers in this market segment. Information was gathered to develop an understanding of how these firms cost their products, captured base manufacturing data, and the impact their leadership had on the management of costing processes. The information was gathered from documents received and observations on the shop floor at each participant site. In addition, participants from different functions either directly impacting or indirectly influencing …