SCOPE OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNTING FACULTIES OF SANTA CATARINA – BRAZIL

Authors

  • Paulo Roberto da Cunha Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau/SC
  • Ilse Maria Beuren Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau/SC
  • Rita Buzzi Rausch Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau/SC
  • Daniela Benvenuti Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau/SC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2010.v11n1.151

Keywords:

scope, managerial accounting, accounting faculty

Abstract

This study aims to identify the scope of managerial accounting according to the views of some professors who teach at the Accounting courses of Higher Education Institutions in the ACAFE (Associação Catarinense das Fundações Educacionais) system in Santa Catarina state, in Brazil. A quantitative descriptive study was conducted using a survey done with closed questions. The population of the study includes the professors of Accounting courses of 15 HEI connected to the ACAFE system and the sample 40 professors who answered the questionnaire. The results show that, according to the professors surveyed, the main items related to the scope of managerial accounting are: accounting information for decision-making; costs for evaluation, control and decision-making; managerial control of areas of responsibility; performance evaluation and corporate profit. Comparing these results to a similar study conducted in the state of Paraná, it was found out that the most important items which were convergent were: accounting information for decision-making and costs of evaluation as well as control and decision-making

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Author Biographies

Paulo Roberto da Cunha, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau/SC

Doutorando em Ciências Contábeis e Administração. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Usuários Externos e Contabilidade Gerencial

Ilse Maria Beuren, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau/SC

Doutora em Controladoria e Contabilidade pela Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade da Universidade de São Paulo. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Contabilidade Gerencial

Rita Buzzi Rausch, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau/SC

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Áreas de interesse em pesquisa: Educação

Daniela Benvenuti, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau/SC

Graduada em Ciências Contábeis pela Universidade Regional de Blumenau

Published

2010-03-31

How to Cite

Cunha, P. R. da, Beuren, I. M., Rausch, R. B., & Benvenuti, D. (2010). SCOPE OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING ACCORDING TO THE ACCOUNTING FACULTIES OF SANTA CATARINA – BRAZIL. Administração: Ensino E Pesquisa, 11(1), 53–76. https://doi.org/10.13058/raep.2010.v11n1.151