The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Governance, accountability and accounting in local government (End of Award Report)

Governance, accountability and accounting in local government (End of Award Report)
Governance, accountability and accounting in local government (End of Award Report)
The core of this proposal is to study the relationship between accounting, governance structures and accountability in local government. Prior research in private and public sector organisations suggests the interrelationship is complex. This complexity has been increased over the past few years in local government as each element has undergone significant change. The research is intended to establish and analyse these changes with a view to theorising the interrelationship. It is also intended to establish the contribution that accounting currently makes to achieving accountability in local government and the improvements which might be made. Accounting in this study is defined comprehensively and comprises financial reports and regulations (for managed and contracted services), budgetary control systems, financial aspects of decision making, audit arrangements and performance measurement systems. The research will comprise four, in depth case studies using a combination of grounded theory and ethnographic methodologies. The focus of the case studies will be upon the role, activities and perceptions of elected representatives and senior managers.
Economic and Social Research Council
Goddard, Andrew
1bee5bd5-13fe-43e5-9c7d-a23acdf431b2
Goddard, Andrew
1bee5bd5-13fe-43e5-9c7d-a23acdf431b2

Goddard, Andrew (2001) Governance, accountability and accounting in local government (End of Award Report) Economic and Social Research Council

Record type: Monograph (Project Report)

Abstract

The core of this proposal is to study the relationship between accounting, governance structures and accountability in local government. Prior research in private and public sector organisations suggests the interrelationship is complex. This complexity has been increased over the past few years in local government as each element has undergone significant change. The research is intended to establish and analyse these changes with a view to theorising the interrelationship. It is also intended to establish the contribution that accounting currently makes to achieving accountability in local government and the improvements which might be made. Accounting in this study is defined comprehensively and comprises financial reports and regulations (for managed and contracted services), budgetary control systems, financial aspects of decision making, audit arrangements and performance measurement systems. The research will comprise four, in depth case studies using a combination of grounded theory and ethnographic methodologies. The focus of the case studies will be upon the role, activities and perceptions of elected representatives and senior managers.

This record has no associated files available for download.

More information

Published date: August 2001
Additional Information: Award Amount: £39,161.00 ESRC Grant Number: R000222817 Institution: University of Southampton Discipline: Management and Business Studies Award Type: Substantive Research Contract

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 35703
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/35703
PURE UUID: a59e0194-f48c-4f8c-bd38-f1a25912466b

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 06 Jun 2006
Last modified: 11 Dec 2021 15:29

Export record

Contributors

Author: Andrew Goddard

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×