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The basic methods of financial performance measurement
Loy, Dalibor ; Wagner, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Halíř, Zbyněk (referee)
Company's performance is a very important factor that affects company's ability to survive in today's highly competitive environment. But the question is how to measure this performance. Bachelor thesis is focused on analyzing and mapping the most important and innovative methods of measuring company's performance. Accounting information is crucial when analyzing methods, because it's a major source of many of them. The work therefore assesses the potential of accounting information to be a quality source of information for the performance measurement. The main idea is to make a comparative analysis of the above mentioned methods of performance measurement, in order to find the most appropriate method (or combination of them) which could be used to measure the performance in the context of managing the company's value, for its managers' need (internal users).
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Role of budgets and plans in corporate management
Škodová, Martina ; Král, Bohumil (advisor) ; Těšínský, Ondřej (referee) ; Těšínský, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to planning and budgeting and their role in corporate management. In the theoretical part it defines theoretical base including progressive approaches to the topic. It also specifies functions that plans and budgets can play in corporation. Considering the theoretical approach it disproves main critical arguments that dispute the important role of budgets and plans in corporate management. Practical part of the thesis is not published due to high sensitivity of the data and management know-how used. The practical part develops topic of the thesis on example of real operating business. In final evaluation (also not published) it analyses corporate practice on the basis of theoretical approaches. Stating the findings it presents key recommendations for enhancing the quality of corporate system of plans and budgets.
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Possibilities for application of Business Intelligence in area of managerial accounting
Hlavička, Ondřej ; Pour, Jan (advisor) ; Nebřenský, Aleš (referee)
The thesis is focused on relations of managerial accounting and Business Intelligence systems. Main goal is to describe situations when BI solutions can effectively support specific managerial accounting tasks. In these situations multiple options are mentioned. This thesis is divided into three main parts. The first part is a theoretical introduction of measurement of performance and managerial accounting (chapter 2). The second part is an introduction of key Business Intelligence solution components and its architecture (chapter 3). Variantsof support of selected managerial accounting tasks with BI are presented in the third part (chapter 4).
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IT controlling
Stehlík, Libor ; Pour, Jan (advisor) ; Derfler, Václav (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to acquaint the reader with the possibilities of economic management of enterprise information technology field by using tools provided by financial controlling and to propose an appropriate metrics for performance measurement of this area. The thesis is logically divided into three comprehensive parts. Firstly, the reader is acquainted with the historical evolution and general principles of controlling management approach, which is then applied to IT field. Along with them are in this section divided and described details of IT costs and IT effects, which are specific for field of enterprise information technology. The second part is dedicated to the application of controlling tools from the perspective of each phases of the IT component life cycle. The methods mentioned in this section include: calculating of Return on Investment, Net Present Value calculation, Life-cycle costing, budgeting or Activity Based Costing, which represents the modern calculation approach. The last part is intended to perform the measuring of enterprise information technology, along with the proposal of metrics and dimensions that might be used with applying business intelligence tools, as appropriate support for controlling the management approach.
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Cost management of non-profit organizations
JOANIDISOVÁ, Lenka
This thesis aims to describe the theoretical principles of financial management of non-profit organizations, and through the analysis of a selected non-profit organization to verify the practical application of modern management methods in the field of cost management in practice. Based on the obtained results the thesis tries to suggest possible measures to improve financial management and streamlining of the organization. The thesis was elaborated using the following methodological steps: Definition of hypothesis and objectives of the work - Study of theoretical sources - Management survey - Evaluation of survey results - Proposals to optimize non-profit organization management The practical part was realized at the centre of Diocesan Charity in České Budějovice. Based on the findings the author recommends several changes in the cost accounting of the organization. Primarily, to formalize the methodology of management control through the establishment of internal guidelines. Other proposals include changes in budgeting, calculation of overhead costs and the budgets implementation control. As the main output, the thesis suggests new structures of cost centers and a new way of re-invoicing costs.
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The possibilities of application of management accounting components into the small size companies (on the example of a concrete company)
Elis, David ; Král, Bohumil (advisor) ; Bírová, Katarína (referee)
The thesis "The possibilities of application of management accounting components into the small size companies (on the example of a concrete company)" engages in the question, whether it were possible to identify components of management accounting, that would be applicable in the small size companies. The first part focuses on the introduction of the company, on the market company operates on and on the general characteristics of the small and mid-size companies. It provides information on the company performance and identifies a need of the introduction of accrual principle into the company's accounting. The next part deals with the discrete features of the proposed performance management system. It answers the question, whether to orientate the system primarily on performance or responsibility, designs the appropriate calculation system and the basic system of plans and budgets. Later, it focuses on the existing organizational structure and the definition of the structure of the responsibility centers. In the last part, there can be found a proposal of the management profit and lost statements as of the basic statements providing the information on the partial as well as overall performance measurement.
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