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Preface
Performancemeasurementandmanagementisnowadaysanemergingconceptin
accountingliterature.Itisofgreatimportancetounderstandthedifferencebetween
measurementandmanagement,becausemeasurementisnotsufficientanylonger
fromthepointofviewofsupportingorganizationalstrategyexecutionandsustaining
competitiveadvantage.Ontheonehand,themainideaofperformancemeasurement
maybeexpressedbythepopularstatement:"yougetwhatyoumeasure”.Soinorder
togetthedesiredoutcomesfortop-levelmanagersandtheownersofacompany,it
isneededtotrackandevaluateonacontinuousbasisvariousmeasuresthatdescribe
thecompany.Ontheother,performancemanagementiscloselylinkedtothebasic
functionsofmanagementingeneral,suchas:planning,organizing,controlling,and
motivating.Inthiscontextperformancemanagementisaimedatsuccessfulstrategy
implementationbymeansofallthesebasicfunctions.Thusthisapproachto
managementisorientedtowardperformanceplanningandbudgeting,organizing
activitiesfocusedongoalsassociatedwithorganizationalperformance,motivating
thatinvolvesshapingtheappropriatebasisforemployees’performanceassessment
andtheircompensationaswellascontrollingorientedtowarddesired,future
performanceofacompany.Therealizationofthesefunctionsneedsalotofdetailed
activitiestobeimplementedinrespectoflinkedwithmulti-dimensionalmeasurement,
analysis,interpretationandpresentationofperformance.Alltheactivitiesshouldbe
compliedontheonehandwithmonitoringandstimulatingofstrategyexecution,
ontheotherwithcontinuousstrategyvalidationfromthepointofviewof
corporateobjectivesandvariousstakeholdergroups.
Themajorobjectiveofthismonographistopresentdifferentconceptsand
applicationsofperformancemeasurementandmanagementincontemporary
organizations.Thefirstsevenchaptersarebasedontheoreticalconsiderationsand
literaturestudies,whereasthelasttwochapterspresenttheresultsofempirical
studiesinbothsmallandlargecompanies.
Inthefirstparttheexplanationoftheterm"performance”andtheoverviewof
performancemanagementareproposed.Itisalsodeterminedthescopeof
performancemeasurementintheareaofmanagementaccounting.Thispartis
aimedtobetheintroductiontotheperformancemeasurementandmanagement
framework.
Thesecondpartpresentstheproblemofcostaccountingsystemimprovement
bytheselectionofbestpracticesbaseonbenchmarkingtechniquestosupport