A conceptual framework for teaching management accountingSajay SamuelABSTRACTThis paper proposes a conceptual framework for teaching management accounting
The framework is rooted in distinguishing organizations from markets and draws on the fast-developingfield of “organizational economics
” Market clearing prices, infinitely divisible commodities, and regime of private property rights are three aspects that can theoretically characterize market transactions
This paper argues for conceptualizing the subject matter of management accounting as a response to the relative absence of these aspects of market transactions within organizations
Specifically, management accounting procedures can be classified as instruments that: coordinate the demand and supply of resources in the absence of pric