Essays about: "performance measurement in management accounting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words performance measurement in management accounting.

1. 1. Lost in The Grocery Aisle: Navigating the challenges of food waste management through performance measurement systems and sensemaking

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Lucile Vanin; Hannah Bozorgnia; [2023]
   Keywords : KPIs; Management Control Systems; Sustainability; Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems; Sensemaking;

   Abstract : This paper aims to uncover how Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems (SPMS), and more specifically KPIs, can be used as tools to make sense of the challenges inherent to sustainability management, within the specific empirical setting of food waste. Through a case study based on a global food retailer in Sweden, we aim to comprehend how employees use food waste KPIs to make sense of the challenges inherent to food waste management. READ MORE

3. 2. A Comparative Analysis between Traditional Accounting and Human Resources Accounting (HRA) Practices on HRManagerial Decision-Making Process.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Nivedita Sarker; Georgios Koilakos Chouzouris; [2021]
   Keywords : Human Resource Management; Human Resource Practices; Human Resource Accounting; Traditional Accounting; Decision-Making Process.;

   Abstract : Human resource accounting is a concept that was created to deal with the problem of the measurement of the value of human capital. This concept can be very influential for many different human resource practices. READ MORE

4. 3. The Data Scientist: A Cuckoo in the Management Accountant's Nest?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Christoph Beis; Andreas Friedrich; [2019]
   Keywords : Business Intelligence Analytics; Business Partner; Data Scientist; Jurisdictional Competition; Management Accounting;

   Abstract : Data Science has been one of the most used buzzwords on corporate agendas in recent years and with it, a new professional, the data scientist, has entered the organizational stage. Surprisingly, Management Accounting literature has not investigated the role of data scientists and their interactions with management accountants so far. READ MORE

5. 4. The Usage of the Perspectives Comprising the BSC from the Family Firm’s Point of View : A Case Study Influenced by the Spirit of Gnosjö

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping

   Author : Johan Löfström; Rebecka Gustafsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Family Firm; BSC; Stewardship Theory; Gnosjö; SME;

   Abstract : Even though family firms play a significant role in the economy, research regarding family firms is relatively new and is still an emerging field of study. Family firms possess specific characteristics distinguishing them from nonfamily firms. READ MORE

6. 5. Taming the Evaluation Monster

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Nicole Brunetti; Lovisa Sjöqvist; [2018]
   Keywords : New Public Management; Professionalism; Performance Measurement Systems; Enabling Coercive formalization; Accounting Absorption;

   Abstract : Purpose: This thesis aims to explore how public schools balance demands on public accountability with professional autonomy through design features and usage of Performance Measurement Systems. Research Approach: Case study data were obtained both through semi-structured interviews with teachers and school managers, and through formal steering documents from the governing municipality as well as from the respective schools. READ MORE