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Accountability Research: Ethnographic Methods in Organisation and Accounting (Business for Society)
by Hugo Letiche Jean-Luc Moriceau Ivo De Loo Carolyn CorderyThis book discusses (auto- )ethnographies of accountability, undertaken (in close collaboration) by a multinational group of accounting and organization theory researchers over a period of three years. The key assumption underlying the book is that accountability is inherently an identity- creating process where the study of account- making has to be done participatively, with radical openness to the one(s) being researched, as well as to their context. That openness we call ‘ethnography’. The values or assumptions inherent to the practices of account and identity-making, in a specific context, are what (auto- )ethnographies seek to describe and identify. These values and assumptions warrant critical, ethical reflection, and this is what the researchers presented here have tried to provide.The chapters in this book all are mini- studies of relatedness. The scale of examination is intimate; the reflections provided by the researchers are mainly methodological.This book is of interest to accounting and organization theory students and scholars who believe that accountability can fruitfully be studied through (auto-) ethnography. The book extends currently existing views on how accountability can be handled and discharged between researchers and their researched, when local, intimate settings are studied.
Accountability through Public Opinion
by Sina Odugbemi Taeku Lee"Accountability" has become a buzzword in international development. Development actors appear to delight in announcing their intention to "promote accountability"-but it is often unclear what accountability is and how it can be promoted. This book addresses some questions that are crucial to understanding accountability and for understanding why accountability is important to improve the effectiveness of development aid. We ask: What does it mean to make governments accountable to their citizens? How do you do that? How do you create genuine demand for accountability among citizens, how do you move citizens from inertia to public action? The main argument of this book is that accountability is a matter of public opinion. Governments will only be accountable if there are incentives for them to do so-and only an active and critical public will change the incentives of government officials to make them responsive to citizens' demands. Accountability without public opinion is a technocratic, but not an effective solution. In this book, more than 30 accountability practitioners and thinkers discuss the concept and its structural conditions; the relationship between accountability, information, and the media; the role of deliberation to promote accountability; and mechanisms and tools to mobilize public opinion. A number of case studies from around the world illustrate the main argument of the book: Public opinion matters and an active and critical public is the surest means to achieve accountability that will benefit the citizens in developing countries. This book is designed for policy-makers and governance specialists working within the international development community, national governments, grassroots organizations, activists, and scholars engaged in understanding the interaction between accountability and public opinion and their role for increasing the impact of international development interventions.
Accountability, Transparency and Democracy in the Functioning of Bretton Woods Institutions
by Elena ScisoThis book investigates the strengths and weaknesses - in terms of transparency and compliance with the democratic principle - of Bretton Woods Institutions, considering the most important innovations from the original framework achieved through the introduction of independent accountability and complaint mechanisms (the Inspection Panel and Independent Evaluation Office), but also due to relevant reforms in the internal governance of the International Monetary Fund and the new financial assistance tools. One of its main focuses is on evaluating the socio-economic impact of conditionality in the countries requiring financial assistance, acknowledging the need to strengthen social protection policies in the adjustment programs. In addition, emphasis is given to the effects of the "constitutionalization" of the Washington Consensus in the European Union, with the establishment of the so-called "Berlin-Brussels-Frankfurt Consensus. "
Accountable: The Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance Accountable Care Journey
by Briget Da Graca Kathleen M. Richter Jean SullivanWhile many health care organizations need to improve health care quality and lower costs, most lack specific strategies and tactics for implementing these changes. Baylor Scott & White Health has established and continues to develop an accountable care organization (ACO) called the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (BSWQA) to improve th
Accountable: The Rise of Citizen Capitalism
by Michael O'Leary Warren Valdmanis“More than ever before, this is the book our economy needs.” – Dr. Rajiv Shah, president of the Rockefeller Foundation“Unwilling to settle for easy answers or superficial changes, O’Leary and Valdmanis push us all to ask more of our economic system.” – Senator Michael F. BennetThis provocative book takes us inside the fight to save capitalism from itself.Corporations are broken, reflecting no purpose deeper than profit. But the tools we are relying on to fix them—corporate social responsibility, divestment, impact investing, and government control—risk making our problems worse.With lively storytelling and careful analysis, O’Leary and Valdmanis cut through the tired dogma of current economic thinking to reveal a hopeful truth: If we can make our corporations accountable to a deeper purpose, we can make capitalism both prosperous and good.What happens when the sustainability-driven CEO of Unilever takes on the efficiency-obsessed Warren Buffett? Does Kellogg’s—a company founded to serve a healthy breakfast—have a sacred duty to sell sugary cereal if that’s what maximizes profit? For decades, government has tried to curb CEO pay but failed. Why? Can Harvard students force the university to divest from oil and gas? Does it even matter if they do?O’Leary and Valdmanis, two iconoclastic investors, take us on a fast-paced insider’s journey that will change the way we look at corporations. Likely to spark controversy among cynics and dreamers alike, this book is essential reading for anyone with a stake in reforming capitalism—which means all of us.
Accountable Care Organizations: Value Metrics and Capital Formation
by Robert James CimasiAn accountable care organization (ACO) is a healthcare organization characterized by a payment and care delivery model that seeks to tie provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the total cost of care for an assigned group of patients. Accountable Care Organizations: Value Metrics and Capital Formation explores the historical ba
The Accountable Leader
by Costa Deir Ruth N. Deir Salim C. DeirPart of the Long Synopsis is taken from the Back Cover of the book: “This book contains 250 principles, 250 comments, 250 scriptures, and many stories and experiences, offering you outstanding help to start you on your way to be accountable. The book addresses: The Need for Accountable Leaders; The Characteristics & Signs of an Accountable Leader; The Development Process of an Accountable Leader; The Price for being and not being an Accountable Leader; [and] The Benefits of being an Accountable Leader. Further according to the author, who wrote in the preface of the book: “The Proverbial Concepts presented in this course of Leadership Principles will awaken the mind to receive truth. They are compacted capsules of truth for personal study. Each focused statement is easy to understand, and by its brevity, prevents monotony in the learning process. It impacts, with rich variation, at times the emotions, at times the intellect. But above all, it moves the will toward greater Christian progress. Each principle, by its illumination, directs the personality into brighter, healthier paths of living. They modify our ways of thinking, choosing, and acting, always aiming at excellence, always moving toward higher and higher levels of maturity in Christ. The purpose of repetition of principles in different settings is geared to impact people at different levels in the process of maturing. The repetition will touch different planes of understanding through a variety of angles and approaches. This helps to drive the point, which carries the intended truth and purpose in view. This process is much like a carpenter who keeps on hammering the same nail until it reaches its destination safely and fulfills its purpose.” About the author is taken from the Back Cover: “Dr. Costa Deir was the founder and Executive Director of International Leadership Seminars, Inc., a transdenominational ministry affiliated with Elim Fellowship in Lima, New York, until his death in 1998. He traveled extensively in every continent holding leadership training seminars, reaching thousands of leaders. Born and raised in Israel, Dr. Deir had been a pugilist, principal, and pastor. He had earned doctorate degrees in philosophy, psychology, preventive medicine, and theology.
Accountable Leaders: Inspire a Culture Where Everyone Steps Up, Takes Ownership, and Delivers Results
by Vince MolinaroProven methods to push your organization to its maximum potential with responsible leadership Accountable Leaders is the real-world guide to propelling your business to extraordinary levels of performance and achievement. Leadership accountability is a major issue in organizations around the globe. Research has shown that teams and individual employees are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the degree of accountability demonstrated by their leaders. Effective teams need responsible and accountable leaders—the solution seems simple. Yet, thousands of businesses are struggling with mediocre performance and widening gaps in leadership. This essential resource provides practical and no-nonsense strategies to transform any organization into a cohesive, highly motivated culture of accountable leaders and fully committed teams. Bestselling author Dr. Vince Molinaro shares his proven methods of optimal leadership accountability, providing a step-by-step blueprint for leaders in any organization. Developed from years of experience helping Fortune 500 companies build strong leaders and effective teams, this book will enable you to: Build strong leadership accountability to leverage competitive advantage, increase team performance, and close the leadership gap in your organization Understand why gaps in leadership occur and recognize accountability issues in your own organization Develop an effective strategy to instill a culture of accountability and responsibility in your business Identify and implement organizational practices that encourage accountable leadership throughout your management structure Accountable Leaders is a vital guide for anyone who leads a team: from managers and supervisors, to CEOs and CHROs. This invaluable guide will provide the tools and knowledge to take you and your organization to incredible levels of performance and achievement.
Accountable Marketing
by Wendy BoldAccountable Marketing presents a do-able marketing model for smaller accounting and financial advice practices and partnerships that appreciate substance over spin. It outlines both the why and the how of implementing just 5 key resources and a 4-step strategy designed to increase awareness and generate enquiry amongst the type of Clients you most want to do business with. It won’t steal your time. It’s affordable. It’s measurable and it makes sense. It’s Accountable Marketing!
Accountable Marketing: Linking marketing actions to financial performance
by David W Stewart Craig T. GugelAccountable Marketing is designed to be the definitive volume on the emerging role of accountability and performance metrics in marketing. Sponsored and developed by the Marketing Accountability Standards Board (MASB), it provides a multi-disciplinary, international perspective on this topic of critical importance. Stewart and Gugel have curated the work of several leading marketing, finance and accounting professionals and academics on the topics of marketing accountability and financial reporting to create a volume that represents the best of MASB’s work over the last few years. The book not only emphasizes the importance of accountability in the marketing function, but also creates a dialogue among academics and practitioners about the importance of marketing in driving consistent growth in the organization, and the ways in which improved methods for measuring and forecasting contribute to the effectiveness of these marketing activities. This book marks the first-ever reference point for practicing professionals, faculty and students interested in marketing accountability, the development of standards for marketing reporting, and developing stronger linkages between marketing activities and outcomes, and the financial performance of the firm.
Accountancy 11th Standard - Tamilnadu Board
by State Council of Educational Research TrainingAccountancy Textbook for the 11th Standard Students, preparing for Tamil Nadu State Board Exam.
Accountancy and Empire: The British Legacy of Professional Organization (Routledge New Works in Accounting History)
by Chris PoullaosThis book brings together, for the first time, studies of the professionalisation of accountancy in key constituent territories of the British Empire. The late nineteenth century was a period of intensive activity in terms of both imperialism and professionalisation. A team of expert contributors has examined profession-state engagements between Britain, on the one hand and Canada, South Africa, Australia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, India and Kenya, and the other with a view to assessing how the organizations of accountancy in the colonies was affecting the metropolitan profession and state agents- and vice versa. Their contributions highlight the peculiarities of the professionalization processes in variant social, economic and political environments linked together by the relays of empire, prompting reflection on both the common and disparate dynamics involved. This book has numerous objectives, including giving historical insight and focus on countries that provide contrasting and variant examples of the uptake of the "British model", and broadening the appeal of accounting history and professionalisation as a taught subject in university accounting departments.
Accountancy and Social Responsibility: An Innovative New Approach to Accountancy Theory and Practice (Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance)
by Živko BergantAccountancy encompasses much more than is normally considered, especially from a social responsibility point of view. This book brings fresh ideas and an innovative approach to accountancy theory and practice as well as critical views about professional thinking in accountancy. The reader will find advanced approaches regarding usiness objectives with social responsibility principles. A new role of accountancy is founded for a sustainable society. The responsibility of individuals is emphasized through behavioural analysis. The book has an interdisciplinary character and will be interesting for students, doctoral students, academics and practitioners as well. The real thread of the book is the risk and responses to the feelings of risk in organizations and also of individuals. On this basis a new role and a new structure of accountancy is offered.
Accountancy: Financial Accounting Part-1 class 11 - NCERT - 23
by National Council of Educational Research and TrainingThe NCERT class 11 Accountancy Part 1 textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to accounting principles and practices. It covers topics such as the theory base of accounting, recording business transactions, preparation of financial statements, and bank reconciliation. Students will gain a strong foundation in financial accounting, essential for understanding a company's financial health and reporting. The book aims to develop students' proficiency in recording and analyzing financial data, preparing financial statements, and comprehending the significance of accounting principles in business operations.
Accountancy: Financial Accounting Part-2 class 11 - NCERT - 23
by National Council of Educational Research and Training"Accountancy Financial Accounting Part II" is a Class XI NCERT textbook, building on the concepts covered in Part I. It covers crucial topics such as depreciation, provisions, and reserves, along with bills of exchange and rectification of errors. The book explains financial statements for sole proprietorship and not-for-profit organizations, as well as accounting with incomplete records. Students also learn about the application of computers in accounting. The material includes practical exercises and case studies to enhance understanding. With this book, students gain a strong foundation in financial accounting principles, preparing them for future challenges and potential careers in finance, accountancy, or business management.
Accountancy Volume-1 12th Standard - Tamilnadu Board
by State Council of Educational Research TrainingAccountancy Textbook Volume-1 for the 12th Standard Students, preparing for Tamil Nadu State Board Exam.
Accountancy Volume-2 12th Standard - Tamilnadu Board
by State Council of Educational Research TrainingAccountancy Textbook Volume-2 for the 12th Standard Students, preparing for Tamil Nadu State Board Exam.
Accountants and Business Advisors, Inc.: City Office
by Gary W. LovemanOver the past several years both the share of women receiving accounting degrees and the share of women entering public accounting have risen substantially. However, the number of women holding senior positions, such as partner, remains low. This case provides data on retention of females in a large metropolitan office of a public accounting firm, asks whether the lower retention rate (relative to male associates) is a business problem for the firm, and if so, asks what the managing partner should do about it.
The Accountant's Guide to the Universe: Heaven and Hell by the Numbers
by Craig HoveyThey said it couldn't be done, but Craig Hovey's The Accountant's Guide to the Universe is the first entertaining book on accounting written for a general audience. The book opens with a wild premise: Heaven and Hell have been outsourced to a giant company in a distant galaxy and they are now in charge of determining who goes where after death. The entire universe is scoured for an objective system that can be adapted to the task, and it is found, in the form of accounting, in the least civilized backwater of the universe, Earth!The book is also a morality tale. It demonstrates how financial scandals (a la Bernie Madoff and many others) can be pulled off with "creative accounting," and how much a person adds or subtracts from the universe by their actions. Written for anybody who has taken an accounting class, practices it for a living, or is simply interested in seeing how a system designed to record finances can also be used to judge the entire universe will be enlightened by The Accountant's Guide to the Universe.
Accountants' Handbook, Financial Accounting and General Topics
by Lynford Graham D. R. CarmichaelThis highly regarded reference is relied on by a considerable part of the accounting profession in their day-to-day work. This comprehensive resource is widely recognized and relied on as a single reference source that provides answers to all reasonable questions on accounting and financial reporting asked by accountants, auditors, bankers, lawyers, financial analysts, and other preparers and users of accounting information. The new edition reflects the new FASB Codification, and includes expanded coverage of fair value and guidance on developing fair value estimates, fraud risk and exposure, healthcare, and IFRS.
Accountants' Handbook, Special Industries and Special Topics
by Lynford Graham D. R. CarmichaelThis highly regarded reference is relied on by a considerable part of the accounting profession in their day-to-day work. This handbook is the first place accountants, auditors, bankers, lawyers, financial analysts, and other preparers and users of accounting information look to find answers to questions on accounting and financial reporting. The new edition will be updated to reflect the new FASB Codification, as well as including expanded coverage of fair value and guidance on developing fair value estimates, fraud risk and exposure, healthcare, and IFRS.
The Accountant's Magazine: An Anthology (Routledge Library Editions: Accounting History #2)
by Colin StorrarThis book, first published in 1986, contains a series of articles from The Accountants’ Magazine from the early years of the twentieth century. They provide insights into the development of accountancy as a profession, and the development of the professional bodies that oversaw it. Careful selection of the articles for this volume mean that there are often contrasting pairs of articles on the same subject, providing a neat summation of any debate on the topic.
Accountics, Part I: April 1897 to March 1898 (Routledge Revivals)
by Gary John PrevitsOriginally published in this format and including this Foreword in 1992, this volume contains Accountics: The Office Magazine from April 1987 to March 1898. Accountics contains technical papers reflecting issues of the times, photo portraits and biographical sketches of leaders, rosters of organizations, news items, announcements, correspondence and professional advertisements.
Accountics, Part II: April 1897 to August 1900 (Routledge Revivals)
by Gary John PrevitsOriginally published in this format with this foreword in 1992, this volume contains Accountics: The Office Magazine from April 1898 to December 1899.
Accountics, Part III: January 1900 to August 1900 (Routledge Revivals)
by Gary John PrevitsOriginally published in this format and including this Foreword in 1992, this volume contains Accountics: The Office Magazine from January 1900 to August 1900. Accountics contains technical papers reflecting issues of the times, photo portraits and biographical sketches of leaders, rosters of organizations, news items, announcements, correspondence and professional advertisements.