Strategy Sustainability and Management Accounting (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by CGA Publishing, 2025
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Paperback. In an era shaped by the "Strategic Turn," the management accountant is no longer a recorder of past performance but a designer of future value. Today's professionals must navigate neoliberal competition, digital transformation, and the accelerating sustainability agenda.Strategy, Sustainability, and Management Accounting goes beyond spreadsheets to explain the purpose, politics, and practice of modern business. More than a textbook, it is a critical toolkit for emerging accountants who must balance profit with the needs of people and the planet.Bridging Theory and PracticeDeveloped from years of teaching strategic management accounting at leading liberal universities, this book blends rigorous techno-managerial training with insights from economics, politics, and the social sciences. Readers master the calculations and the contexts that shape them.Inside You Will Learn: The Strategic Turn: How neoliberalism, globalisation, and digitalisation reshape competition and challenge traditional accounting.Porterian & Post-Porterian Strategy: From Five Forces to the Value Chain and how these frameworks evolve in the ESG era.Strategic Pricing & Positioning: Target Costing, Lifecycle Costing, and Dynamic Pricing for competing in the "Survival Zone."Performance & Control: Balanced Scorecard, Simons' Levers of Control, and organisational alignment.Operational Excellence: Quality Costing, Manufacturing Flexibility, and Strategic Cost Management at the production level.Sustainability as Strategy: Moving past greenwashing toward ecological accounting, genuine ESG integration, and critiques of managerial capture.Case Studies That Bring Strategy to Life: Nike: Competing in a neoliberal, digital marketplace.Tesla vs. VW vs. Toyota: Strategic positioning in the EV transition.Patagonia: Pricing a mission-driven value proposition.Unilever: The tensions of strategic performance management.Interface Inc.: From "Mission Zero" to "Climate Take Back."H&M Group: Trust, transparency, and sustainability in fast fashion.Who Should Read This Book: A core text for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and MBA students in Strategic Management Accounting, Management Control, and Sustainability Accounting. A valuable resource for finance professionals seeking to evolve from analysts into strategic partners.Equip yourself to understand-and influence-the contradictions of modern capitalism. The book fuses Strategic Management Accounting's core techno-managerial tools with a critical social science lens. It analyses strategy, management control, and cost management, all unified by the urgent, inherent contradictions of the global sustainability agenda. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Strategy Sustainability and Management Accounting (Paperback)
- Author
- Chandana Alawattage
- Publisher
- CGA Publishing
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1919374809
- ISBN 13
- 9781919374802
Strategy, Sustainability, and Management Accounting moves beyond the spreadsheets to explore the “why” and “how” of modern business. This isn’t just a textbook; it is a critical toolkit for the next generation of accountants who will struggle to balance the demands of profit with the imperatives of people and the planet.
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice
This book delivers a dual-focus strategic management accounting course refined over years of the author’s teaching at prestigious liberal universities. This book achieves the rare feat of combining rigorous techno-managerial training with critical social science perspectives. You will not only master the calculations but also understand the political and economic forces that make them necessary as well as problematic.
What You Will Discover Inside:
- The Strategic Turn: Understand how neoliberalism, globalisation, and digitalisation have reshaped competitive landscapes and rendered traditional accounting obsolete.
- Porterian & Post-Porterian Strategy: Master the frameworks of competitive advantage, from the Five Forces to the Value Chain, and see how they adapt to the ESG era.
- Strategic Pricing & Positioning: Learn how to deploy Target Costing, Lifecycle Costing, and Dynamic Pricing to dominate the “Survival Zone”.
- Performance & Control: Dive deep into the Balanced Scorecard and Simons’ Levers of Control to align organisational hierarchies with strategic intent.
- Operational Excellence: Explore Quality Costing, Manufacturing Flexibility, and Strategic Cost Management at the point of production.
- Sustainability as Strategy: A comprehensive guide to “sustainabilising” strategy, moving beyond greenwashing to genuine debates of ecological accounting and the critique of “managerial capture”.
Real-World Case Studies
Theory comes alive with in-depth analyses of global giants facing real crises:
- Nike: Strategising in a neoliberal, digital world.
- Tesla vs. VW vs. Toyota: A comparative analysis of strategic positioning in the EV revolution.
- Patagonia: Pricing a value proposition to save the home planet.
- Unilever: The challenges of strategic performance management and the gap between rhetoric and reality.
- Interface Inc.: From “Mission Zero” to “Climate Take Back” – a masterclass in strategic cost management and the surveillant assemblage.
- H&M Group: Weaving resilience or unravelling trust? A critical look at sustainability in fast fashion.
Who This Book Is For:
This text is essential reading for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, and MBA students taking modules in Strategic Management Accounting, Management Control Systems, and Sustainability Accounting. It is also a vital resource for finance professionals seeking to elevate their role from analyst to strategist.
Equip yourself with the knowledge to navigate the contradictions of modern capitalism.
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