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Books to be practiced: Memory the power, of, the visual and the success of accounting.The aim of this paper is to explore the conditions which allow the emergence of accounting as a performable technique that. Can spread successfully across economies and societies. Drawing on insights offered by studies on the art, of memory Actor-Network. Theory and that, broader branch of history known as the history of the book it is, argued that the emergence and spread. Of accounting can be understood by studying the relationships among four interrelated aspects: the nature of accounting. As a method of classification for the organisation of thinking and knowledge; its reliance on images and its visual impact;? Its' orthopraxis', nature which offers a workable space and time; and the relationships between accounting and the medium. Through in which it materialises. The combination of these four features explains how it is that accounting is a practice. Which is homogeneous enough to be recognised as autonomous and heterogeneous enough to attract diversity and create, difference. I was motivated to study these issues after examining two early accounting Treatises: the Indirizzo degli Economi by the,, Benedictine, the Pietra (1586), [Pietra A. (1586). Indirizzo degli economi o SIA ordinatissima istruttione Da regolamente formare. Qualunque scrittura in UN Libro doppio. Aggiuntovi L 'essemplare Di UN Libro nobile co' l Suo Giornale ad USO della Congregatione. Cassinese Dell 'Ordine in San Benedetto. Mantova: Francesco Osanna]; and the Trattato del Libro doppio domestico col Suo. Essemplare by, the, Jesuit Flori (1636), [Flori L, (1636). Trattato del modo di Tenere IL Libro doppio domestico col Suo. Essemplare composto Dal P. Lodovico Flori della Compagnia di Ges because per USO delle case e Dei collegi della medesima Compagnia. Nel Regno di Sicilia in, Decio, Palermo per Cirillo]. Along with studies examining the emergence of modern management as. A result of an economic need for rationalisation the paper, offers material for reflecting on a concomitant rationale which. Views innovations in the method of, presentation organisation visual, of, medium communication and praxis as the, mayor. Forces in the diffusion of accounting in both historical and contemporary settings.The construction of auditability: MBA rankings and assurance in practice.For much of the, past decade the audit profession has been enjoined to enter new and novel fields of assurance, services. This call implies the importation of constructs from traditional attest financial audits into new domains to provide elevated. Levels of assurance for information-users and decision-makers. Little is presently known about the process by which audit. Scope practices and, communications about the work done are developed in these new fields. This paper attempts to shed light. On these issues through an in-depth field study of KPMG 's "audit." of the Financial Times MBA rankings. The audit project. Is argued to import legitimacy to data provided by International Business Schools as well as imbue a derived legitimacy. To the Financial Times rankings. At an level operational, planning audit, and procedures communicated written conclusions. Emerge as a much more negotiated and adaptive practice than rhetoric might suggest.We appreciate the comments and suggestions of, David Cooper Yves Gendron Wai-Fong Chua, and participants at the 2007 Alternative. Perspectives in Accounting Research Conference Universit cafe, cafe, Laval Qu BEC City. We thank Andrea Davis for her excellent research. Assistance. We also thank Michelle Podhy and Patrick Gaudet of KPMG Canada for assistance with this research project and. For comments on this paper. Please note that the interpretations herein are those of the paper 's authors and not those of. KPMG its partners, or staff. The authors are solely responsible for any errors.Management accounting as normal social science.The publication of "Management accounting change: Approaches and perspectives" (Wickramasinghe D., &,, Alawattage C. (2007).? Management accounting change: Approaches and perspectives. London New, York: Routledge) provides an occasion for considering. The extent to which management accounting has become a normal social science. This review essay argues that management accounting. Is a social science defined by a pluralism of approaches and it, identifies the generalization of social perspectives on. Management accounting and particularly, their ability to transcend technical and economic aspects of, accounting practice. As crucial components in reproducing this specific form of expertise. Contrary to, Kuhnian expectations this social science. Hosts a multiplicity, of paradigms and its scientists are not exclusively concerned with the subtlest and most esoteric. Aspects of the phenomena under study. Instead as social, scientists management accountants are generalists as much as they. Are specialists.A review essay of Wickramasinghe & Alawattage (2007). Anthon.
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