Weaknesses of IR
Although there are a lot of strengths for IR, it is not the silver bullet that will completely change accounting forever. One of the main weaknesses of IR is the expenses that come with measuring such a comprehensive range of factors that include non-monetary factors that can be hard to actually measure (Eccles & Krzus, 2010). It can be unappealing for smaller companies or organisations to set up all of these systems in order to provide a wider perspective of their business or organisation just to please stakeholders, when the costs will outweigh the potential profits of attracting new investors.
Another issue would be potential information overload for less knowledgeable individuals who will simply be overwhelmed by all the information provided by IR. There is a question of how important is it to report more comprehensively if the end user will simply be unable to use all of the information to their advantage, which raises another question of if it is worth reporting in an IR format at all.
Time is also a major issue for some companies who may have less labour to spare in order to report on what can be considered less important aspects of an organisation, especially if it is a small to medium sized enterprise. There have been reports of some integrated reports being three times as longer than estimated to be completed (Eccles & Saltzman, 2011). It can be very hard to justify allocating that many hours to prepare a report that some may find unnecessary or
Check to see that the report is in the agreed format and that it can be understood easily by anyone involved
One approach is the Kaizen approach which essentially means: to continually make improvements. This would work with our teams, because we would be continually challenging the standards that are already in place. Our teams would be working on improvements on every report to make it the best that can be. The drawback to this approach is changing the report before adequate feedback can be given on the changes. Time-based management would aim to reduce waste referring to the waste of time; with time-based management that would require a multi-skilled and flexible work force. This would work well with my teams, because we are a multi skilled and flexible team already. The drawback with this approach is that the margin of error to bigger. Based on the definition of time-based management in order to reduce waste in reference to time, when people are hurrying or in a rush and multi-tasking, it is easier to make more mistakes. Finally, total quality management (TCM) is a way to make sure that the quality of the report is right the first time. This is a good approach that could be used by our team; a positive of this approach is that everything would be correct the first time the report is run. The drawback to this approach is that it does not challenge the status quo, it doesn’t require that our teams to continually get better and search for new ways to enhance our delivery. Any of these approaches would work to cut down on either one item or
As the business environment grows and companies find new ways to expand into their respective - or even new – markets, it is important that reporting standards stay up to date with changes and continue to assist companies in providing their users with useful accounting information. Information is labelled as being useful when it meets the
Often, companies either are not aware of or forget the above, leaving the analysts to spend between 50-70% of their time on reporting, and just 30% for analyzing, optimizing and seeking out new opportunities. It is therefore vital to keep the following in mind:
While it is often a lot of work to create a well-written report, it can help to explain many things and in many cases, reduce the need for lengthy
We have a few alternatives, to develop an in house accounting software with the ability to obtain the key indicators mention above or to acquire a new accounting package that could be integrated with our internal SQL databases to produce the desire
If for example we were trying to sell an idea of a change that we would like to implement, a report would indeed be factual, perhaps issued to Managers, who may not have the time to read it and would be your key influencers as to whether your idea would be approved or not.
While the accounting method is popular and widely accepted it does have some limitations. There are three
While the use of reporting tools can be suggestive to the team in various ways, there are also some instances in which they can of negative impact to the business
From the Mazars Report, there is some shortcoming of integrated reporting (IR) but these shortcoming are potential to be improved to be a better one as IR is a process of continuation and improvement of current reporting approaches. Following are the shortcomings of IR from the Mazars Report:
Another negative point of writing a client report is its tedious nature, leading team members and leaders to see it as a time-consuming activity. Team members want to be productive in their work in the office, but there are times in which they see report writing as an additional workload, which divides the time they have for all their tasks.
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