This thesis is focused on the public sector and deals with one of the new financial statements presented by state organizational units, the cash flow statement, which these state organizational units prepared for the first time for the financial year 2011. The main objective of the thesis is to analyze in detail the quality of these cash flow statements prepared by individual administrators of the state budget chapters and passed for the first time to the Central system of state accounting information. The thesis also presents an evaluation of the quality of the Czech legislative regulation of the cash flows statement in relation to state organizational units and it compares the legislative regulation in the period between 2011 and 2012. An integral part of the thesis is creating theoretical models suitable for the preparation of the cash flow statement. The first model is based on the relationship among particular items of the accounting and financial statements and the second model is based on the transformed data from the statement for evaluation of the state budget implementation.

Bakgrund: Revisionsplikten avskaffades i syfte att minska den administrativa kostnaden, stärka bolagens konkurrenskraft samt tillväxtmöjligheter för små aktiebolag. Sedan år 2010 har revisionen blivit frivilligt för företag som uppfyller vissa kriterier. Följaktligen har reformen lett till att flera företag inte längre kunde upprätthålla redovisningskvalité. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att bidra med kunskap om hur små aktiebolag upprätthålla en god redovisningskvalité trots att de har valt bort revisionen. Kunskapen kommer skapas genom att förklara effekten av den frivilliga revisionen på redovisningskvalitéten, för att vidare bidra med kunskap åt små aktiebolag som inte vill anlita revisorer. Metod: I studien har kvalitativ metod tillämpats genom användning av semistrukturerade intervjuer med auktoriserade och godkända revisorer. Resultat & Analys: Revisorer menade att många företag inte förstår vikten av att behålla revisionen samt ser det som en kostnadsbelastning. Vidare menar revisorer för att behålla god redovisningskvalité är det viktigt med intern kompetens och externa redovisningstjänster. Studien påvisar att små aktiebolag kan utöver revision upprätthålla en god redovisningskvalité med hjälp av redovisningskonsulter samt interna kompetens tillsammans med bokföringsprogram. Utifrån studien har det klargjorts för små aktiebolagsägare att god redovisningskvalité kan uppnås med andra externa och interna tjänster än revisionen. / Background: The audit duty was abolished with the aim of reducing administrative costs, strengthening companies' competitiveness and growth opportunities for small limited companies. Since 2010, the audit has become voluntary for companies that meet certain criteria. Consequently, the reform has led to several companies no longer being able to maintain accounting quality. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to contribute with knowledge about how small limited companies can still maintain a good accounting quality even though they have opted out of the audit. The knowledge will be created by explaining the effect of the voluntary audit on accounting quality, in order to further contribute knowledge to small limited companies that do not want to hire auditors. Method: In the study, qualitative method has been applied through the use of semi-structured interviews with authorized and approved accountants. Results & Analysis: Auditors said that many companies do not understand the importance of maintaining the audit and see it as a cost burden. Furthermore, accountants believe that in order to maintain good accounting quality, it is important to have internal competence and external accounting services. The study shows that small limited companies can, in addition to auditing, maintain a good accounting quality with the help of accounting consultants and internal competence together with accounting software. Based on the study, it has been made clear to the owners of small limited companies that good accounting quality can be achieved with external and internal services other than the audit.

С развитием рыночных отношений значение аналитической деятельности бухгалтеров возрастает. Предоставлению форм годовой бухгалтерской отчетности предшествует большая подготовительная работа. В показателях учета раскрываются количественная и качественная стороны хозяйственных процессов, которые характеризуют факторы хозяйственной жизни. В России и Китае идет процесс реформирования национальных систем для приведения их в соответствие с международными стандартами. В связи с этим целесообразно провести сравнительный анализ особенностей составления основных форм бухгалтерской отчетности в России и Китае для выделения основных моментов методологии ее формирования. Цель магистерской диссертации состоит в проведении сравнительного исследования теоретических основ и нормативных документов при составлении финансовой отчетности в условиях глобализации в России и КНР. / With development of the market relations the value of analytical activity of accountants increases. Granting forms of annual accounting reports is preceded by big preparatory work. In indicators of account the quantitative and qualitative parties of economic processes which characterize factors of economic life reveal. In Russia and China there is a process of reforming of national systems for their reduction to compliance with the international standards. In this regard it is expedient to carry out the comparative analysis of features of drawing up the main forms of accounting reports in Russia and China for allocation of highlights of methodology of her formation. The purpose of the master thesis consists in carrying out a comparative research of theoretical bases and normative documents by drawing up financial statements in the conditions of globalization in Russia and the People's Republic of China.

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Esta pesquisa discute como as tecnologias contábeis contribuem para construir decisões coletivas para gerenciamento de risco operacional ao longo das relações de suprimento. A construção das decisões é vista como um processo, e o coletivo formado por humanos e não-humanos. As tecnologias contábeis são abordadas como inscrições e objetos delimitantes. As inscrições mediam as ações à distância e simplificam objetos complexos tornando-os entidades separadas que atuam como objetos delimitantes (LATOUR, 1987; LAW, 1986; STAR; GRIESEMER, 1989). O conceito de risco na literatura apresenta ambiguidades. A forma de gerenciá-lo é problematizada na literatura contábil em relações inter-organizacionais. O estudo de campo foi conduzido nas relações de suprimento de gás liquefeito de petróleo que incluem a companhia petrolífera, os fornecedores de transporte e a companhia distribuidora. As informações foram obtidas sob a perspectiva deste último, por meio de etnografia que incluiu entrevistas, observações e shadowing de objetos e pessoas, e submetidos à análise narrativa permeada pela análise desconstrutiva. Inicialmente foram identificadas as ameaças que podem ocasionar falta de produto em unidades de produção da distribuidora. Nem todas as ameaças observadas são passíveis de se tornar objeto de gerenciamento de risco. Para isso, elas precisam estar inscritas e acumuladas na área responsável pelo suprimento que atua como um centro de cálculo. Porém, muitas estão interligadas com outros fatores e apresentam efeitos inesperados nas dimensões de espaço e tempo. As tecnologias de contabilidade padronizadas, tais como, planejamentos de longo prazo e orçamentos, quando usadas isoladamente não tem força suficiente para mobilizar ações que levem à redução do risco. Por outro lado, os conflitos gerados quando ambas são combinadas impelem para a busca de outras informações que resultem em um número mais preciso. Nas relações estudadas, os riscos acentuam-se no curto prazo em contraste com o longo prazo conforme preconizado pela literatura. As tecnologias construídas na prática exercem força para mobilizar decisões imediatas. Apesar de, contratualmente, a parceria para o fornecimento de gás ser firmada por duas companhias, em que de um lado está o fornecedor e do outro a distribuidora, o que se tem no dia-a-dia são múltiplas relações construídas entre as unidades de produção, refinarias e a área de suprimentos. Desta forma, inscrições, como a ordem de compra, são capazes de redefinir as fronteiras. Transladam para agir como instrumentos de gerenciamento de risco operacional. A confiança manifesta-se como um quase-objeto (MOURITSEN; THRANE, 2006) que ganha existência na circulação de informações entre as partes. Com isso, o risco de falta de produto se apresenta como um ,,fantasma\" que poderá ser materializado dependendo do fluxo de informações. Este estudo contribui empiricamente por mostrar os riscos envolvidos nas relações de suprimento de gás liquefeito de petróleo ao longo do território brasileiro, e como a contabilidade contribui para gerenciá-los. Além disso, estende o conhecimento relativo à forma como ocorre o fluxo de informações no cenário inter-organizacional, bem como a adoção de práticas híbridas para o alcance de ações coletivas que gerenciam os riscos de suprimentos e constroem relações. Teoricamente, o estudo contribui na discussão de conceito de risco e como a contabilidade está associada com este conceito. / This research discusses how accounting technologies contribute to construct collective decisions for operational risk management across the supply relationships. Decision construction is seen as a process and the collective is formed by humans and nonhumans. The accounting technologies are approached as inscriptions and boundary objects. The inscriptions mediate the action at a distance and simplify complex objects making them separate entities that act as boundary objects (LATOUR, 1987; LAW, 1986; STAR; GRIESEMER, 1989). The concept of risk in the literature presents ambiguities. The way to manage it is problematized in the accounting literature on inter-organizational relationships. The field study was conducted in liquefied petroleum gas supply relations which involve the oil company, the transport suppliers and the distribution company. The information was obtained from the perspective of the latter, through ethnography which included interviews, observations and shadowing of objects and people, and narrative analysis permeated by deconstructive analysis was employed. Initially we identified the threats that can cause shortage of the product in production unit in the distribution company. Not all threats found are possible to transform into an object to risk management. To do this they must be inscribed and accumulated in the management of suppliers that acts as a center of calculation. However, many are intertwined with other factors and have unexpected effects on the dimensions of space and time. The accounting standard technologies, such as long-term planning and budgeting, when used alone they do not have enough force to mobilize interventions to reduce risk. On the other hand, the conflicts generated when both are combined to propel the search for other information that results in a more precise figure. In the relations studied, the risks increase in short term in contrast to long term as seen in the literature. Thus, the technologies built in practice, exert force to mobilize immediate decisions. Although contractually the partnership for gas supply to be signed by two companies, which on one side is the supplier and the distributor on the other, in day-to-day activities multiple relations are built among production units, refineries and supply area. In this way, inscriptions such as purchase orders are able to redefine the boundaries. They translate to act as instruments of operational risk management. Trust manifests itself as a quasi-object (MOURITSEN; THRANE, 2006) which comes into existence when information is circulating between the parties. Thus, the risk of shortage of the product presents itself as a ,,ghost\" that can be materialized depending on information flows. This study contributes empirically by showing the risks involved in the supply relations of petroleum liquefied gas throughout the Brazilian territory, and how accounting helps to manage them. Furthermore, it extends the knowledge on how the information flows occur in an inter-organizational setting, as well as the adoption of hybrid practices to achieve collective actions to manage supply risks and build relations. Theoretically, the study contributes to the discussion of the risk concept and how the accounting is associated with this concept.

Esta pesquisa discute como as tecnologias contábeis contribuem para construir decisões coletivas para gerenciamento de risco operacional ao longo das relações de suprimento. A construção das decisões é vista como um processo, e o coletivo formado por humanos e não-humanos. As tecnologias contábeis são abordadas como inscrições e objetos delimitantes. As inscrições mediam as ações à distância e simplificam objetos complexos tornando-os entidades separadas que atuam como objetos delimitantes (LATOUR, 1987; LAW, 1986; STAR; GRIESEMER, 1989). O conceito de risco na literatura apresenta ambiguidades. A forma de gerenciá-lo é problematizada na literatura contábil em relações inter-organizacionais. O estudo de campo foi conduzido nas relações de suprimento de gás liquefeito de petróleo que incluem a companhia petrolífera, os fornecedores de transporte e a companhia distribuidora. As informações foram obtidas sob a perspectiva deste último, por meio de etnografia que incluiu entrevistas, observações e shadowing de objetos e pessoas, e submetidos à análise narrativa permeada pela análise desconstrutiva. Inicialmente foram identificadas as ameaças que podem ocasionar falta de produto em unidades de produção da distribuidora. Nem todas as ameaças observadas são passíveis de se tornar objeto de gerenciamento de risco. Para isso, elas precisam estar inscritas e acumuladas na área responsável pelo suprimento que atua como um centro de cálculo. Porém, muitas estão interligadas com outros fatores e apresentam efeitos inesperados nas dimensões de espaço e tempo. As tecnologias de contabilidade padronizadas, tais como, planejamentos de longo prazo e orçamentos, quando usadas isoladamente não tem força suficiente para mobilizar ações que levem à redução do risco. Por outro lado, os conflitos gerados quando ambas são combinadas impelem para a busca de outras informações que resultem em um número mais preciso. Nas relações estudadas, os riscos acentuam-se no curto prazo em contraste com o longo prazo conforme preconizado pela literatura. As tecnologias construídas na prática exercem força para mobilizar decisões imediatas. Apesar de, contratualmente, a parceria para o fornecimento de gás ser firmada por duas companhias, em que de um lado está o fornecedor e do outro a distribuidora, o que se tem no dia-a-dia são múltiplas relações construídas entre as unidades de produção, refinarias e a área de suprimentos. Desta forma, inscrições, como a ordem de compra, são capazes de redefinir as fronteiras. Transladam para agir como instrumentos de gerenciamento de risco operacional. A confiança manifesta-se como um quase-objeto (MOURITSEN; THRANE, 2006) que ganha existência na circulação de informações entre as partes. Com isso, o risco de falta de produto se apresenta como um ,,fantasma\" que poderá ser materializado dependendo do fluxo de informações. Este estudo contribui empiricamente por mostrar os riscos envolvidos nas relações de suprimento de gás liquefeito de petróleo ao longo do território brasileiro, e como a contabilidade contribui para gerenciá-los. Além disso, estende o conhecimento relativo à forma como ocorre o fluxo de informações no cenário inter-organizacional, bem como a adoção de práticas híbridas para o alcance de ações coletivas que gerenciam os riscos de suprimentos e constroem relações. Teoricamente, o estudo contribui na discussão de conceito de risco e como a contabilidade está associada com este conceito. / This research discusses how accounting technologies contribute to construct collective decisions for operational risk management across the supply relationships. Decision construction is seen as a process and the collective is formed by humans and nonhumans. The accounting technologies are approached as inscriptions and boundary objects. The inscriptions mediate the action at a distance and simplify complex objects making them separate entities that act as boundary objects (LATOUR, 1987; LAW, 1986; STAR; GRIESEMER, 1989). The concept of risk in the literature presents ambiguities. The way to manage it is problematized in the accounting literature on inter-organizational relationships. The field study was conducted in liquefied petroleum gas supply relations which involve the oil company, the transport suppliers and the distribution company. The information was obtained from the perspective of the latter, through ethnography which included interviews, observations and shadowing of objects and people, and narrative analysis permeated by deconstructive analysis was employed. Initially we identified the threats that can cause shortage of the product in production unit in the distribution company. Not all threats found are possible to transform into an object to risk management. To do this they must be inscribed and accumulated in the management of suppliers that acts as a center of calculation. However, many are intertwined with other factors and have unexpected effects on the dimensions of space and time. The accounting standard technologies, such as long-term planning and budgeting, when used alone they do not have enough force to mobilize interventions to reduce risk. On the other hand, the conflicts generated when both are combined to propel the search for other information that results in a more precise figure. In the relations studied, the risks increase in short term in contrast to long term as seen in the literature. Thus, the technologies built in practice, exert force to mobilize immediate decisions. Although contractually the partnership for gas supply to be signed by two companies, which on one side is the supplier and the distributor on the other, in day-to-day activities multiple relations are built among production units, refineries and supply area. In this way, inscriptions such as purchase orders are able to redefine the boundaries. They translate to act as instruments of operational risk management. Trust manifests itself as a quasi-object (MOURITSEN; THRANE, 2006) which comes into existence when information is circulating between the parties. Thus, the risk of shortage of the product presents itself as a ,,ghost\" that can be materialized depending on information flows. This study contributes empirically by showing the risks involved in the supply relations of petroleum liquefied gas throughout the Brazilian territory, and how accounting helps to manage them. Furthermore, it extends the knowledge on how the information flows occur in an inter-organizational setting, as well as the adoption of hybrid practices to achieve collective actions to manage supply risks and build relations. Theoretically, the study contributes to the discussion of the risk concept and how the accounting is associated with this concept.

The subject of this thesis is a description of the Integrated information Treasury System and detailed description of the accounting reform of public finances in the Czech Republic, effective from 1 January 2010. The work is focused on the accounting state and local governments. The main part is devoted to changes in accounting rules, described in detail the issue of depreciation, reserves, transfers and accruals. The last chapter concerns the reform of public finances in the Slovak Republic.

Résumé Le cadre théorique de la contingence structurelle associe généralement « contexte, structure et performance » (Burns et Stalker, 1961; Woodward, 1965; Lawrence et Lorsch, 1967 ; Mintzberg, 1979).Le besoin de tester cette théorie dans l’environnement d’un pays sous développé (PSD) nous a conduit, dans cette recherche, à l’utilisation d’un cadre réduit basé uniquement sur des liens entre la technologie (remplacée par TI) et la structure (Galbraith, 1972 ; Lacrampe, 1974 ; Leifer, 1988). Notre cadre théorique s’appuie sur les approches managériales, économiques et organisationnelles des TI et de l’EDI (Leavitt, 1968 ; Scott Morton, 1991). Il utilise la théorie contingente de la gestion comptable (Otley, 1980; Chapman, 1997) et des systèmes d’information comptable AIS (Sutton, 1995; Maudlin et Ruchala, 1999; Baldwin et alii, 2000; Dunk, 2001) comme domaine d’opérationnalisation (système d’information fonctionnel). Ce travail commence par la constitution d’une boîte à outils contenant toutes les notions de base à utiliser (théories organisationnelles, TI - technologies de l'information, réseaux informatiques et EDI – échange des données informatisées), conformément aux principes fondateurs du MIS basés sur trois disciplines : Computer, Management et Organization Sciences (Culman et Swanson, 1986). La grille de lecture de la littérature est inspirée par la taxonomie de Urbaczenski, Jessup and Wheeler (2002) qui propose quatre catégories de recherche : économique, organisationnelle, technique et autre. Cette revue de la littérature permettra de proposer un modèle de recherche d’impact des TI et de l’EDI basé sur le cadre de référence structuro - fonctionnaliste et élaboré selon les principes de la théorie des systèmes. Le modèle de recherche utilise une structure causale conçue suivant l’impératif technologique (Markus et Robey, 1988). Il vise à expliquer l'impact organisationnel des TI à travers la stratégie (Porter et Millar, 1985; Wiseman, 1985 ; Palvia, Palvia et Zigli, 1990) sur la conception des MIS / AIS et des structures organisationnelles dans les entreprises d’un pays sous développé (PSD). Ce modèle d’impact organisationnel teste les hypothèses proposées, à partir des données d’une observation longitudinale (1970 à 2002) de quatorze (14) entreprises de la République Démocratique du Congo. Les entreprises échantillonnées de façon non probabiliste en deux catégories sont observées à travers l'introduction de l'EDI dans le système d’information comptable. Les tests de structure des données et de fonctionnement du modèle établissent l’impact des TI sur les structures organisationnelles et parfois sur les systèmes d’information, mais avec des nuances d’atténuation et de contribution suivant la nature de l’environnement ou l’usage de la stratégie. La conclusion de cette étude propose un processus d’apprentissage aux managers congolais pour éviter les dysfonctionnements organisationnels lors de l’adoption d’une nouvelle TI. Elle pose aussi le problème de validité des structures causales utilisées dans les recherches pour analyser l’impact organisationnel des TI. Abstract EDI adoption’s analysis in Congolese firms : an organizational structure impact of IT This research aims to identify the impact of IT (information technology) on organizational structure transformation in the firms of an under developed country. The framework of the contingency theory generally associates "context, structure and performance" (Burns and Stalker, 1961; Woodward, 1965; Lawrence and Lorsch, 1967; Mintzberg, 1979). The model of impact of TI and EDI suggested by this research uses a reduced framework only based on links between technology (replaced by IT) and structure (Galbraith, 1972; Lacrampe, 1974; Leifer, 1988). Based on the original paradigm of MIS, our theoretical framework uses managerial, economic and organizational approaches of IT and EDI (Leavitt, 1968; Scott Morton, 1991). It uses the contingent theory of accounting management (Otley, 1980; Chapman, 1997) and of accounting information systems (AIS - Sutton, 1995; Maudlin and Ruchala, 1999; Baldwin and alii, 2000; Dunk, 2001) as empirical field (functional information system). This workshop begins with the constitution of a toolbox containing all basic concepts to use (organization theories, IT - information technologies, computer networks and EDI – electronic data interchange), in accordance with the original MIS paradigm founded on three disciplines: Computer, Management and Organization Sciences (Culman and Swanson, 1986, p. 298). Then, we draw a theoretical framework of analysis which begins with a literature review inspired by Urbaczenski, Jessup and Wheeler’s taxonomy (2002). This literature review will allow to proposing a research model of IT and EDI designed according to the functionalist framework and system theory principles. The model of research uses a causal structure conceived according to the technological imperative (Markus and Robey, 1988). It aims at explaining the organizational impact of IT through the strategy (Porter and Millar, 1985; Wiseman, 1985; Palvia, Palvia and Zigli, 1990) on the design of MIS / AIS and the organizational structures in the companies of an under developed country (UDC). This study tests the hypotheses of the organizational impact‘s model suggested, basing from the data of a longitudinal observation (1970 to 2002) of fourteen (14) Congolese firms. The companies sampled by convenience in two layers are observed through the introduction of EDI into the accounting information system. The tests of data structure and of operating model performed on the introduction of accounting EDI, confirm the impact of IT on the organizational structures and sometimes on the information systems - IS. That with nuances of attenuation and contribution according to the nature of the environment or the use of the strategy. The conclusion of this study proposes a process of training to the congolese managers to avoid the organizational dysfunctions during the adoption of new IT. It poses also the problem of validity of the causal structures used in research to analyze the organizational impact of IT.

Résumé<p>Le cadre théorique de la contingence structurelle associe généralement « contexte, structure et performance » (Burns et Stalker, 1961; Woodward, 1965; Lawrence et Lorsch, 1967 ;Mintzberg, 1979).Le besoin de tester cette théorie dans l’environnement d’un pays sous développé (PSD) nous a conduit, dans cette recherche, à l’utilisation d’un cadre réduit basé uniquement sur des liens entre la technologie (remplacée par TI) et la structure (Galbraith, 1972 ;Lacrampe, 1974 ;Leifer, 1988). <p>Notre cadre théorique s’appuie sur les approches managériales, économiques et organisationnelles des TI et de l’EDI (Leavitt, 1968 ;Scott Morton, 1991). Il utilise la théorie contingente de la gestion comptable (Otley, 1980; Chapman, 1997) et des systèmes d’information comptable AIS (Sutton, 1995; Maudlin et Ruchala, 1999; Baldwin et alii, 2000; Dunk, 2001) comme domaine d’opérationnalisation (système d’information fonctionnel).<p>\ / Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished