5. Conclusion and Discussion
The result of the analysis revealed that management accounting practices in
Yogyakarta’s manufacturing companies were dominated by traditional management
accounting practices, however the most important practices was differ between medium and
big-scale companies. The most vitally important management accounting practices was
profit improvement for medium and budgeting for big-scale. There also significantly
difference between the two groups in terms budgeting and fixed assets investment
planning. Consistent to the first finding, the budgets were also consider as the most vitally
important management accounting tools for those two groups. The traditional management
accounting tools were perceived more important rather than the contemporary ones. This
finding obviously support the use of traditional management accounting in manufacturing
companies recently. The result findings were in line to research done by Rahman, Tew and
Omar (2002), Adelegan (2004)), Nishimura (2002), Rahman, Tew and Omar (2002) and
Omar, Rahman and Abidin (2002) in Mahfar and Omar (2004
Management accountants in Yogyakarta must change their role become more
strategic role rather than administrative or operational role. The result indicated that
management accountants in Yogyakarta more emphasizing in traditional roles. Their roles
were perceived less important than peers. They have to promote the use of contemporary
or advanced management accounting tools in order to enhance the quality of management