IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

“Executives see technology, data and analytics as a transforming force in business. Many

organizations are therefore implementing business intelligence & analytics (BI&A) technologies

to support reporting and decision-making. Traditionally, management accounting is the primary

support for decision-making and control in an organization. As such, it has clear links to and

can benefit from applying BI&A technologies.”

(Rikhardsson and Yigitbasioglu, 2018, p37 1 )

You are required to write an essay that critically discusses and appraises the impact of big data,

business intelligence and data analytics on management accounting OR on management

accountants.