Synthesis of Environment, Risk, Function, and Cost in Profit Design

Abstract

This chapter, with profit design as axis, synthesizes important aspects of present management and management accounting which have been examined in the previous chapters—environment problem, supply chain management, risk management, and life cycle costing—before moving on to subject of Chinese business management and risk management, which is different from the subjects discussed so far and which are related to capitalist market economy in reference with advanced practices in some Japanese manufacturing companies. Concretely, the chapter makes clear the relationship between risk/environment management and profit design based on COLC model. This synthesis shows us the way to further development of management and management accounting to recognize and control more intricate uncertainty in the future. This chapter summarizes the main topics discussed so far in the previous nine chapters.