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Construction and the Process of Implementing the Management Control System in a Local Self-Government Unit – a Practical Approach
Construction and the Process of Implementing the Management Control System in a Local Self-Government Unit – a Practical Approach

Author(s): Anna Bartoszewicz
Subject(s): Economy, Public Finances
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: control; management control; audit; public finance sector; local self-government unit

Summary/Abstract: Since 1 January 2010, management control has been functioning in the units of the publicfinance sector as it has replaced the previously applied financial control. The assumption ofmanagement control was to support the achievement of the objectives and performance of tasks carried out by public entities in Poland and consequently to facilitate the process of managing them. As practice shows, some entities have failed to develop an adequate system of action that would allow making a good use of this tool.Thus, the purpose of this article is to present a practical approach to the deployment andimplementation of a management control system in a local government unit and indicate substantive gaps that remain. The article presents an exemplary solution of the deployment and implementation of a management control system operating in one of the district offices in Poland. The article also presents implications resulting from the functioning of this system and gives a critical approach to the subject matter, pointing out shortcomings in the functioning of management control in a public entity.

  • Issue Year: 11/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 73-83
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English