Relationships among strategically aligned performance indicators, controls, and performance

Autor: José Carlos Tiomatsu Oyadomari, Diógenes de Souza Bido, Octavio Ribeiro de Mendonça Neto, Andson Braga de Aguiar, Ronaldo Gomes Dultra-de-Lima
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Revista Contabilidade & Finanças, Vol 34, Iss 91 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1808-057X
1808-057x
DOI: 10.1590/1808-057x20221618.en
Popis: ABSTRACT This paper investigates if planning and cost controls and strategically aligned performance indicators (SAPI) are necessary and sufficient conditions to achieve a high level of organizational performance (OP). This article fills a gap in research by investigating elements of the management control system as necessary and sufficient conditions to achieve high levels of OP. Our findings show the reduced importance of planning controls and the great importance of aligning priorities and indicators to achieve high levels of performance. The paper is helpful for the practitioners that have to choose what kind of management controls are priorities to achieve high levels of performance. Management control frameworks are helpful for the literature and the practice. Still, the practitioners cannot implement the whole set of these components, considering the restriction of time and contingency aspects. The companies must choose what kind of management controls they have to implement, considering the goal of achieving performance. We used a quantitative methodology based on contingency theory in a survey of 89 Brazilian firms. The relationships were tested using partial least squares structural equations modeling (PLS-SEM), and necessary condition analysis (NCA) was applied to identify the management controls that are sufficient and necessary conditions for superior performance. The results of our study suggest that a high level of strategically aligned indicators is necessary to achieve a high level of performance. Results also suggest the importance of aligning strategic priorities with appropriated performance indicators, primarily defended in the normative (balanced scorecard) and empirical literature.
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