Contemporary Management Accounting - Accounting Assignment - Case Study

Internal Code: MAS4554

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The top management (CEO, CFO, other managers and board members) of your company have requested that your team design a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) to measure performance of the company or one of its SBUs (of your choice) and that it examine the potential of and recommend one other innovative contemporary accounting technique (CAT) to be incorporated into its Management Accounting System (MAS). Your team has been given specific dates to report to top management with a full written report, and to make an oral presentation to them about your recommendations. Questions: You need to address as follows, within a written report, these two interconnecting requests from management and submit your completed report in Week 10. Part A: Balanced Scorecard (BSC) PEST analysis, SWOT analysis, Critical Success Factors (CSFs), Balanced Scorecard (BSC) of the company/SBU ? Conduct Political, Economic, Social and Technological (PEST) and Strength Weakness Opportunity and Threats (SWOT) research and analyses ? Decide upon, support and explain Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and translate as strategic objectives for inclusion in BSC ? Design a Balanced Scorecard ? Explain the Balanced Scorecard design with a strategy map Part B: Contemporary Accounting Technique (CAT) Identify an appropriate technique of Contemporary Management Accounting ? Recommend one particular CAT and concisely describe it ? Provide reasons (supported by research findings) for selecting the CAT, and how it will assist management and measurement of performance ? Present and discuss potential issues for implementation and integration with existing MAS