Please explain above answer how these Factors Influencing The Role Of a Management Accountant.?

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Factors Influencing The Role Of Management Accountant.?

Organization size: Huge entities have the resources to engage accountants to do specific management accounting duties. Their operations also tend to cover a wider area (probably global) and therefore require many aspects of management accounting.

Market competition: There is an urgent need for more management accounting information when the competition becomes more intensified. For example, a Balanced Scorecard helps measure both financial and non-financial dimensions of the operations, and a balanced scorecard is a strategic management accounting tool.

Nature of the entity's business: For example, if the entity is a huge retailer having several outlets across the country, there is certain management accounting information that will be key to the operations. Such as inventory management system, cost-volume-profit analysis of each retail outlet, return on investment of each outlet, etc.  

 

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