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Impact of Consumers’ Moral Self- Identity on Green Purchase Decisions of Fast Moving Consumable Goods (FMCG) 消费者道德自我认同对快速消费品绿色购买决策的影响

Colombo Business Journal Pub Date : 2014-12-30 DOI: 10.4038/cbj.v5i1.100

G. Samarasinghe, F. J. Ahsan

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引用次数: 5

Change of Management Control from the Balanced Scorecard to Budgeting: Case-Study Evidence from a Commercial Bank 管理控制从平衡计分卡到预算的转变:来自商业银行的案例研究证据

Colombo Business Journal Pub Date : 2014-12-30 DOI: 10.4038/cbj.v5i1.103

K. Kapiyangoda, T. Gooneratne

{"title":"Change of Management Control from the Balanced Scorecard to Budgeting: Case-Study Evidence from a Commercial Bank","authors":"K. Kapiyangoda, T. Gooneratne","doi":"10.4038/cbj.v5i1.103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4038/cbj.v5i1.103","url":null,"abstract":"Althoughthe balanced scorecard (BSC) is claimed to be conceptually superior to budgeting,not all BSC implementations get sustained, and some organizations even move back to budgetary control systems.Using the qualitative case study approach,this study investigates the reasons for the change of management controlfrom BSC to budgeting in a Sri Lankan commercial bank.To capture thesereasons, a revised Accounting Change Model of Cobb, Helliar, and Inns (1995) was used. This study contributes to literature by further developing Cobb et al.’s (1995) Model, by sub-categorizing the momentum for change into three elements: people, processes and external triggers, based on the case study evidence. profits in order to achieve long-term profits if you are focusing on the the CEO of that era considered BSC as the most suitable PMS for the bank. But when the management and the CEO changed, the BSC was out. The CEO who was the implementer of the BSC at Bank Alpha is the CEO of Bank Beta (another private commercial bank in Sri Lanka) at present. And the latest information shows that now they are implementing the BSC at Bank Beta. So that shows how the leader’s thinking affects an organization’s selection of MCS. them the consequences and results of implementing particular decisions. The top management has a highly positive attitude towards change. So we are motivated to keep on changing. We have very good relationships with professional accountancy bodies such as CIMA, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) et cetera. We have several chartered accountants in this department, there are some finalists and some CIMA qualified accountants. Normally for the Finance Department we recruit degree holders specialized in accounting, CIMA qualified people and Chartered Accountants. Their knowledge is highly applied to further develop our MCS.","PeriodicalId":34572,"journal":{"name":"Colombo Business Journal","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86265748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Kenneth Abeywickrama, Adventures in Management: A Saga of Managing in a Developing Country, SAGE Publications, 2007, Pages: 224, Price: LKR 1110, ISBN: 07619-3550-9 Kenneth Abeywickrama:《管理的冒险:一个发展中国家的管理传奇》，SAGE出版社，2007，页数:224，价格:LKR 1110, ISBN: 07619-3550-9

Colombo Business Journal Pub Date : 2014-12-30 DOI: 10.4038/cbj.v5i1.105

N. Amaratunga

引用次数: 0

Social Development and Labour Productivity: The Problem and a Solution for the Tea Plantation Sector of Sri Lanka 社会发展与劳动生产率:斯里兰卡茶园部门的问题与解决办法

Colombo Business Journal Pub Date : 2014-12-30 DOI: 10.4038/cbj.v5i1.104

S. Dishanka, Yukio Ikemoto

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引用次数: 5

Ethical Dilemmas for Human Resource Professionals in Handling Sexual Harassment at Workplaces: Cases from Sri Lanka 人力资源专业人员处理工作场所性骚扰的道德困境:来自斯里兰卡的案例

Colombo Business Journal Pub Date : 2014-12-30 DOI: 10.4038/cbj.v5i1.101

Kanishka Paternott, A. Adikaram

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Perceived Value of Online Services: Scale Validation and Managerial Implications 在线服务的感知价值:规模验证和管理意义

Colombo Business Journal Pub Date : 2014-11-30 DOI: 10.4038/cbj.v5i1.102

T. Gamage

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Book Review: Sudatta Ranasinghe and Mangala Fonseka, Research in Management: A Guide to Practice. Colombo, Postgraduate Institute of Management, 2011, x + 220 pp., SLR 700, ISBN: 978-955-8969-14-4 书评:Sudatta Ranasinghe和Mangala Fonseka，《管理学研究:实践指南》。科伦坡，管理研究生院，2011,x + 220页，SLR 700, ISBN: 978-955-8969-14-4

Colombo Business Journal Pub Date : 2012-12-30 DOI: 10.4038/cbj.v3i2.109

F. J. Ahsan

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Book Review: Badrinarayan Shankar Pawar, Theory Building for Hypothesis Specification in Organizational Studies. London: SAGE, 2009, xii+133 pp., SLR 1680, ISBN: 978-81-321-0244-1 书评:巴德里纳拉扬·尚卡尔·帕瓦尔:《组织研究中假设规范的理论构建》。伦敦:SAGE, 2009, xii+133 pp.， SLR 1680, ISBN: 978-81-321-0244-1

Colombo Business Journal Pub Date : 2012-06-30 DOI: 10.4038/cbj.v3i1.48

J. Jayakody