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- The role of Management Accounting in the future looks good. Based on the articles I
- read, Management Accounting is going to be the wave of future for accounting. Because of
- new management techniques, accounting has become more vital to the company as a whole. Some
- of the new ways of management include total quality management (TQM), just-in-time (JIT)
- production and purchasing methods and activity-based costing. These various types of
- management styles pull accounting into the company process more easily. Accounting has
- become an actual part of the management process; therefore, the need of Management
- Accounting has grown in proportion to the new management styles. Accountants are now
- becoming a larger part of cross functional teams and are being used more in the decision
- making process.
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- Customer satisfaction comes first when dealing with total quality management. The
- quality of the company, the product and the company's service is determined by the customer.
- This new management technique affects accountants who have to report and measure the
- employees' performance as a whole. Product cost, service delivery and product reliability
- are all measured under total quality management. Management Accounting's need is increased
- due to the frequent follow up reports required by managers. This need affects the accountant
- because his or her job is to provide the vital performance statistics. This is one reson why
- Management accountings future look bright.
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- Another new management technique is the just-in-time production and purchasing method.
- The just-in-time method deals with the cut back of warehouse inventory. When a product is
- needed, it is then produced. Keeping inventories to a minimum reduces the need for large
- warehouses which can be beneficial to both small and large companies. The accountant's time
- is now more able to be spent on managerial activities and less consumed with inventory. The
- just- in-time method leads to an increase in Management Account reports which can quickly
- generate cost estimates.
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- Finally, activity-based costing continues with the new wave of management techniques.
- This form of costing is much more detailed and difficult to master but the cost numbers are
- more accurate. This product costing method is becoming more widely used, especially in the
- computer industry where direct labor costs are low and competition is high. Accountants are
- required to give more specialized reports that deal with the company and its production and
- management.
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- By the end of this decade, management accountancy and auditing will be seen as full and
- equal partners within the wider accountancy profession. Management Accounting is becoming
- as vital as financial Accounting and will become more and more vital in the near future.
- Membership and student registrations have grown by 35 and 40 per cent respectively in the
- seven years since January 1986. Membership in the Institute of Management Accountants has
- grown from 97 charter members in 1919 to 90,000 members today. The chapter number has now
- grown from 4 to 300. Management Accounting is the wave of the future because of the new
- management techniques of total quality management, just-in-time manufacturing and
- activity-based costing. There is no doubt that the public now has a much better
- understanding of the profession of management accountancy and the capabilities of Institute
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- Bibliography
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- Signs of the End of the Recession for Accountancy ? Management Accounting. Vol. 72 Iss. 7
- July/Aug. 1994 P4.
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- New Frame for Financial Management. Management Accounting. Vol. 72 Iss. 4 April 1994
- P20-22.
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- A Vision for the Future. Management Accounting. Vol. 71 Iss. 10 Nov. 1993 P20-21.
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