Accounting Management, i.e. the accounting dedicated to
information for internal purposes, has been one of the instruments most used as
an information system for management, since it allows to know the outcome of
the company and each of its areas, Contributing decisively to the
decision-making process, taking into account its three basic purposes:
Valuation of inventories
Planning and Control
Decision making
It is necessary to emphasize that the evolution of the
Management Accounting has been very linked to the development of the
organizations, which is evident given its objective of providing timely
information to the management, therefore it has to respond to the needs of the
same from The requirements of the environment. Under current conditions
Management Accounting remains important, it can be pointed out that its role is
more necessary when organizational complexity is greater and there is more
competitive pressure and management control is fundamental. However, the
development of Management Accounting Systems in the last decades has not
responded to the magnitude of changes in the business environment, Becoming
obsolete the so-called "Traditional Systems" that were elaborated
under other conditions and for other purposes. Hence, different authors coincide
in pointing out limitations in these systems, which can be summarized in the
following:
Short-term operational guidance
Excessive level of data aggregation
Based on a very hierarchical company structure
The fundamental emphasis on cost control
Aimed at facilitating uncomplicated decisions.

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