Treść książki

Przejdź do opcji czytnikaPrzejdź do nawigacjiPrzejdź do informacjiPrzejdź do stopki
Thecompany’smanagementusesthisinformationformanagementandcon-
trolpurposes.Amongthedetailedobjectives,themostfrequentlymentionedare:
-controlofthecomplianceoftheactualcourseofeconomicprocesseswith
theplannedones,
-obtaininginformationonthefactors,directionsandconditionsforopti-
mizingitsoperation,
-determinationoffinancialliquidity,
-determinationofcreditworthiness,
-determinationofthelevelofindebtedness,
-examiningthecompany’spositiononthemarket,
-obtainingareliablebasisforassessingtheriskofoperations,thepossi-
bilityofthecontinuationofbusinessandforecastingthefuturesituationofthe
company,
-gettinganideaofhowthefinancialsituationofthecompanyisassessedby
itscreditorsandothercontractorsaswellasemployees,whichallowstodeter-
mineits„negotiatingpower”towardstheseentities.18
Achievingthesegoalsshouldenablemanagementtoconfronttheactualstate
ofthecompanywiththeexpectedstate,detectitsstrengthsandweaknesses,and
identifythepotentialopportunitiesandthreatstoitsfunctioning.
Theaccountingsystemprimarilyprovidesinformationtoexternaluserswho
areoftenreferredtoasstakeholders.Theseincludebothtraditionallyunderstood
investors,aswellassuppliersandrecipients,localcommunitiesrepresentedby
localgovernmentsoremployees.Dependingonthenatureoftherelationship
withtheunit,stakeholdershavedifferentinformationneeds.
Externaluserscanbedividedintocapitalinvolvedinandengagedforinfor-
mation.Entitiesthatareinvolvedcapitalare:
-ownersandtheirrepresentatives,
-otherentitiesthathaveprovidedcapitaltothecompany.
Usersinvolvedforinformationneedreportsonthecompanytoruntheirown
business,controlormanagethestate.Usersofthesecanbedividedinto:public
authorities,agencies,other.
Investorswhohaveentrustedtheircapitaltoanenterpriseareinterestedin
informationthatwillallowthemtoassesstheriskandopportunitiestoobtain
thedesiredrateofreturnoninvestmentprojects.Fortheseentities,information
18W.Bień,Ocenaefektywnościfinansowejspółekkapitałowych,Finans-Servis,Warszawa2002,
p.8;L.Czechowski,Wielowymiarowaocenaefektywnościekonomicznejprzedsiębiorstwaprzemysło-
wego,WydawnictwoUniwersytetuGdańskiego,Gdańsk1997,p.79.
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