Financial managers, relying exclusively on periodic financial statements for their view of the firm, become isolated from the real value-creating operations of the organization and fail to recognize when the accounting numbers are no longer providing relevant or appropriate measures of the organization's operations Pendapat senada diungkapkan oleh Anthony, Dearden dan Govindarajan (1992:128) yang menyoroti kelemahan tolok ukur keuangan, dalam hal ini pendapatan (revenue), yang selama ini merupakan tolok ukur penting dari keseluruhan organisasi: