The essence and barriers to the use of controlling in the practice of manufacturing enterprises

Marek Potkany (), Hussam Musa, Jarmila Schmidtova, Pavol Gejdos and Janka Grofcikova
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Marek Potkany: Technical University in Zvolen
Hussam Musa: Technical University in Zvolen
Jarmila Schmidtova: Technical University in Zvolen
Pavol Gejdos: Technical University in Zvolen
Janka Grofcikova: Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica

E&M Economics and Management, 2024, vol. 27, issue 3, 172-182

Abstract: The theory and examples from practice confirm that theuse of controlling in economic practice differs significantly in the context of understanding its essence. The ambiguity of the definition of controlling, two different thought concepts, the diversity of tools and approaches, but also other barriers prevent its use to a greater extent than this managerial approach would deserve. The current research is based on the understanding of the essence of controlling in German-speaking countries and is oriented towards a coordinated predictive management approach based on precise cost reports. The research question was aimed at identifying current use and barriers of controlling in manufacturing enterprises in relation to the understanding of its essence and impact of performance through a questionnaire survey and structured interviews with managers from 2021 to 2022. A population of 2,504 enterprises was addressed by means of stratified sampling. The chi-square goodness-of-fit test was used to test how well the characteristics of the research sample fit the final population. A total of 352 manufacturing enterprises formed the resulting sample representative – enterprise size and type of industry designated according to the European standard industry classification system. Methods of contingency analysis and interval estimates of the population proportion were used to test the stated hypotheses. The testing confirmed a dependence between the practical use of a broader scale of controlling tools and the performance of enterprises measured by the return on sales (ROS) indicator, as well as the difference in the perception of barriers to the implementation of controlling depending on the size of enterprises. Controlling with the assistance of software support of the management information system, with a detailed implementation process and precisely defined competencies of employees and controllable KPI, creates the potential to increase the complexity of management and performance of enterprises as well as the elimination of potential risks.

Keywords: Controlling; barriers; performance; return on sales (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M11 M21 M40 P41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-009

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