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1、TheImpactofEnterpriseResourcePlanningSystemsonManagementAccounting: AnAustralianStudy Abstract Informationtechnologyissignificantlychangingtheoperatingpracticesofanincreasingnumberofcompaniesglobally.Thesedevelopmentshaveimportantimplicationsfortheaccountingprofessionandinparticu
2、laraccountingpracticesinthetwenty-firstcentury.Thisstudyexaminesthedevelopmentofenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)systemsasameansofillustratinghowchangesininformationtechnologyallowsallsystemsinacompanytobelinkedtomanageoperationsholistically. Thestudyinvestigatesthechangeinaccountin
3、gsystemsusingasampleofAustraliancompanieswithemphasisontheadoptionofERPsystemsincludingthepotentialimpactofERPoncapitalbudgetingprocesses.TheresultsshowthatERPsystemsarechangingmanagementaccountingpractices,althoughatthisstage,theimpactoncapitalbudgetingtechniquesappearstobelimited
4、.ThefindingscontributetotheemergingbodyofliteratureonthedevelopmentofERPsystemsanditsimpactonmanagementaccountingteachingandresearch. Keywords: Managementaccounting,capitalbudgeting,enterpriseresourceplanningsystems,informationtechnology. 1.Introduction Duringthepastdecadeanincr
5、easingnumberofcompanieshavebeenimpactedbyinformationtechnologyintermsofcomputerizedtransactionprocessingandelectronictelecommunicationssuchasthatdonewiththeInternet,intranet,andextranet.Forcompetitivereasons,companieshavehadtochangefrommanualandthenmainframesystemstowhathasbeencall
6、edenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)systems.AnERPsystemhasacommondatabaseordatawarehousethatlinkstogetherallsystemsinallpartsofacompanyincluding,forexample,capitalbudgetingwithfinancial,control,manufacturing,sales,fixedassets,inventory,humanresourcesmodules,etc.AnERPsystem,bylinkingal
7、lsystemsthroughadatawarehouse,allowsacompanytomanageitsoperationsholistically. AsecondimpactofERPsystemshasbeenageneralshifttomanageattheactivitylevelratherthanatthemoreabstractleveloffinancialtransactions.Thismeansthatmanagementaccounting,withitsfocusonactivities,canbemosteffecti
8、vewhenitisusedwithERPsyste
