As a consequence of the financial-economical crisis, the companies of the Netherlands give no longer just attention at rules and procedures. Now the social aspects such as culture, faith, involvement and loyality of their employees become more important. So they try to improve the integrity at work.
A study of KPMG shows that by 2/3 of the companies the internal accountants give more attention at behaviour and culture in the own organisation than they did before. More than 80% propose to continue that attention in the near future.
The increased attention for ‘soft controls’ has to avoid fraud and to guarantee the good reputation of the company.
Human acting is very important according to Bart van Loon of KPMG.’ It’s easy to stipulate rules, but the acting of the employees is more influenced by their integrity, their knowledge, their skills,… ‘ he says.
The study also shows that the increased attention for soft controls demand new methods en techniques, but first at all they need more audacity to do more of these soft controls. So, when the accountants are able to carry out good soft controls and to negotiate with the management, it will be a great value for the internal accountants in their own organisation.
My opinion is that it is a very good strategy to give more attention at the social aspects of the employees. Rules are often too complicated and employees are not really motivated to applicate the rules. They do what seems best to the enterprise. I suggest the human acting determines what exactly happens in the organisation.
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I think that the employees do better in an agreeable situation than in a situation where they feel bad. It increases the motivation of the staff. In some companies managers are fixed on results only. They don't care about the opinions or views of the employees. That's not good for the achievements of the staff. Social aspects are really inmportant for the continued existence of companies.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt’s a good thing that they pay attention to human acting. It is well known that workers perform better when they get more say. We have learned from the past, results are not the main thing: but the way to those results. More attention at behavior and culture in an organization is a part of that!
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