Strategizing Management Accounting

Chandana Alawattage is Professor/Chair in Accounting at University of Aberdeen Business School, UK.

Written by two well-known accounting experts, this book is vital reading for all students of management accounting and will also be a useful supplementary resource for those wanting to understand and research accounting's vital role in contemporary society.

Part I: Liberal Origins 1. Old Spirit of Capitalism: the political-economic context of management accounting 2. Old Spirit of Capitalism: the institutional context of management accounting 3. The Practicist Epistemology of Management Accounting 4. The Scienti¿c Epistemology of Management Accounting PART II: Neoliberal Trends5. Neoliberalization of Management Accounting 6. Strategizing the Firm: strategic discourses of competitive positioning 7. Strategizing the Firm: strategic discourses of organizational recon¿guration 8. Strategizing theFrm: strategic recon¿guration of the production systems - ¿exibility and quality 9. Strategizing Cost management 10. Strategizing Inter¿rm Relations 11. Strategizing the State and NPM Agenda 12. Strategizing Civil Society as a Management Accounting Entity 13. Neoliberalization of Corporate Governance 14. Greening the Firm: environmental management accounting 15. Strategizing Development