Wielkość przedsiębiorstwa jako determinanta praktyki rachunkowości zarządczej
The size of the enterprise as a determinant of management accounting practice

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to indicate differences in the application of management accounting methods and the type of tasks that management accountants perform. It will also identify the type and importance of factors determining the application of these methods in small, medium and large enterprises in Poland that participated in the empirical study. The paper answers several research questions based on data obtained from companies in a survey conducted in 2016. The study shows, among others, that in the third decade of the development of the market economy, after the transformation of the political system in Poland, enterprises, regardless of size, still mainly use traditional cost accounting systems; along with the increase in the size of enterprises, the number of entities implementing the operational management accounting methods increases. Strategic management accounting methods in large and medium-sized entities are relatively rarely implemented, excluding long-term planning in large companies, which is used in around 83% of the surveyed companies. Management accounting practice in Poland is now more influenced by economic factors than by institutional ones. Of the ten tasks of management accountants indicated in the study, the reduction of costs and expenses and the measurement of company performance were considered the most important.

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