Designing an Integrated Water Management Accounting  Model Using Balanced Scorecard

Namazi, Mohammad; Mosallanejad, Arezoo

doi:10.22054/qjma.2021.61932.2284

Designing an Integrated Water Management Accounting Model Using Balanced Scorecard

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

mohammad namazi ¹

Arezoo Mosallanejad ²

¹ professor of Accounting Shiraz university,Iran,Shiraz

² PhD.D. Accounting, University of Shiraz,,Iran, Shiraz

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjma.2021.61932.2284

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to design an accounting model for integrated water management through a combined exploratory method. In the qualitative part, using the Meta-Synthesis method, after searching in internal and external databases in the period 1980-2020, 147 studies were found, which after the meta- synthesis method, 33 particular studies which have a direct relationship with water accounting and management have been chosen. In the quantitative part, in order to assess the validity of the proposed model, using a questionnaire, the statistical population was active accountants in related industries in the field of water. Finally, using Cohen's sampling method, the opinions of 136 experts were received and analyzed using One Sample T-Test., In order to determine the factor loading of the indicators of each component, confirmatory factor analysis was used and the research hypotheses were tested. The results showed that the water management accounting model in Iran using Phenomenology method and balanced scorecard method includes 6 prospective: Finance, customer, internal processes, growth and learning, reputation and sustainability. The components of the model include 20 items: cost, efficiency, sales, expenses, water quality, water quantity, human capital, and so on and managers and in total 52 indicators constitute the water management accounting model.

Keywords

Water management accounting

Balanced scorecard

Meta-synthesis

Factor analysis

Water indicators

Subjects

Accounting and various aspects of finance

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