Recently, faced with a heavy competition between domestic banking facilities, internationalization of business activities in bank, and managerial autonomy of bank, banks would have to enhance the efficiency of management by putting priority on the pro...
Recently, faced with a heavy competition between domestic banking facilities, internationalization of business activities in bank, and managerial autonomy of bank, banks would have to enhance the efficiency of management by putting priority on the profitability of their business operation.
In this situation, banks' management think much of the settlement of cost accounting system and cost information application as a basic means of providing management information.
Therfore, this study analyzed the present situation and took out problems of bank cost accounting system in korea, and attempted to present direction for improving cost accounting system that could be employed by domestic banks.
By the result of this study, while banks have needs of cost accounting settlement and the active use of cost information, cost accounting system and cost analysis in domestic banks stay in a basic stage for the lack of managerial autonomy, management efficiency of banks.
And so, in order to develope bank cost accounting system as a basic system of manager's decision making, management control, profit making, and to use cost-related information, the following must be considered.
First, the importance of cost accounting concept in banks should be reemphasized.
Second, cost accounting system should be independent with respect to each bank's condition.
Third, it should be rearranged to manpower and organization for cost accounting system's settlement, cost information's active use.
Fourth, data collecting system for cost accounting should be readjusted.
Fifth, early computerizing of the cost accounting system should be accomplished for the credibility and time-lines of cost information.
Finally, long-term study on cost accounting system should be supported for the maximization of its settlement and use.