The Changing Role of the Management Accountants: Becoming a Business Partner (Hardcover, 2018)

Table of Contents Acknowledgement Introduction Brief Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Key Definitions List of Chapters PART I: The Emerging New Role and the Self-orienting Process 1. The Emergence of Business-oriented Role 1.1. The Emergence of business-oriented role of management accountants 1.1.1. Sociopolitical and economic influences 1.1.2. Organizational changes 1.1.3. The agentive force 1.2. Business orientation of the management accountants 1.2.1. General self-orienting strategies 1.2.2. Self-orientation in everyday life 1.2.3. Self-orienting in cultural context 1.2.4. Self-orienting, culture and past practices 1.2.5. Self-orienting as a life journey 2. Self-orienting Process and Schatzki's Lens 2.1. The Turn to Practices 2.1.1. Institutional Theory Study 2.1.2. Foucauldian study 2.1.3. The Actor-Network Theory Study 2.1.4. Bourdieu's Practice Theory Study 2.1.5. Giddens' Structuration Theory Study 2.2. Taking stock 2.3. Schatzki's Practice Theory 2.3.1. Practices as the "site of social" 2.3.2. Practices perpetuating through variations 2.3.3. Practice memory linking activities across time 2.3.4. Self-orienting, teleoaffective structures orchestrating 2.3.5. Self-Orienting, teleoaffective structure, practice memory, cultural memory 3. Business Partner Developing Model 3.1. Conceptualize the self-orienting process 3.1.1. Becoming finance apprentice 3.1.2. Becoming finance expert 3.1.3. Becoming business partner 3.2. Self-orienting process, teleoaffective structure 3.3. The "turning point" and affectivity 3.4. Self-orienting, organizational and cultural context, past practice and affectivity 3.5. Self-orienting study, the longitudinal approach PART II: Self-orienting Process: the Lifelong Experiences 4. Corporate Financial Service Career 4.1. Becoming the CPA (2002-2005) 4.2. Becoming the financial analyst (2008-2010) 4.3. Becoming the category analysis manager (2011-2014) 4.4. Becoming Indochina finance manager (2015) 4.5. The lifelong self-orienting process 4.5.1. Self-orienting process, teleoaffective structure 4.5.2. Self-orienting, personal characteristics, and affectivity 4.5.3. Self-orienting, the cultural context and affectivity 5. F inancial Planning and Analysis Career 5.1. Becoming the credit assistant (2002-2006) 5.2. Becoming the credit assessment and control assistant (2009) 5.3. Becoming the category analysis manager (2010-2012) 5.4. Becoming the financial planning and analysis manager (2012-present) 5.5. The lifelong self-orienting process 5.5.1. Self-orienting process, teleoaffective structure 5.5.2. Self-orienting, personal characteristics, and affectivity 5.5.3. Self-orienting, the cultural context and affectivity 6. Commercial Finance Career 6.1. Becoming the controller (1990-1999) 6.2. Becoming the budget manager (2000-2006) 6.3. Becoming the associate director-commercial finance (2007-2012) 6.4. Becoming the commercial finance director-Asia (2013-present) 6.5. The lifelong self-orienting process 6.5.1. Self-orienting process, teleoaffective structure 6.5.2. Self-orienting, personal characteristics, and affectivity 6.5.3. Self-orienting, the cultural context and affectivity 7. Management Control Career 7.1. Becoming the planning manager (1973-1975) 7.2. Becoming the finance & account manager (1976-1978) 7.3. Becoming the deputy administration manager (1979-1981) 7.4. Becoming the CECO director (1982-1997) 7.5. The lifelong self-orienting process 7.5.1. Self-orienting process, teleoaffective structure 7.5.2. Self-orienting, personal characteristics, and affectivity 7.5.3. Self-orienting, the cultural context and affectivity PART III: Crafting an Orientation Program 8. Business Pa