ACCOUNTING PLANNING AND CONTROL KEY TO EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
C. Planning and control are parts and parcel of our daily likes. Planning and control of cost and operations is the key to good management. Accounting control is a process of developing plans for a company’s expected operations to help to carryout those plans.
Accounting planning has to do with setting out aims and objectives to be achieved over a period of time and control monitors how well the aims and objective are achieved. The preparation of a company’s finance is the single important aspect of its success. As a tool of management, it can increase the efficiency of the organization at a while since all the departments are involved. The accounting planning and efficiency are not achieved by an organization if they are not properly financed. The efficiency and effectiveness of any organization, therefore depend on a number of factors which may be categorized as clarify of purposes, management, planning, control and communication.
There is a need to have a clear knowledge of the objectives of the organizations, otherwise it will not be possible to identify goals set target for their achievements in form of planning, control and management of its finance. accounting management has to do with planning, controlling, acquiring and utilizing of funds in a way that maximized the efficiency of the firm, most especially, (finance is the evaluation and acquisition product assets, procurement of funds and disbursement of which involved funds). The finance received by any business may be influenced by the followinFixed assets necessary for producing and distribution of products e.g. plants and machines.
b)Raw materials plants and miscellaneous supplies to purchase.
C)Wages and other expenses to be paid.
There are alternative involved in accounting decision which include the use of internal and external source. The source is mostly used for the firms operation and should not be over looked when planning finance.
