Synopses & Reviews
This text describes both theory and common practices in a way that will help readers understand how to produce information that’s useful in day-to-day decision-making.
Managerial Accounting, the Business Organization, and Professional Ethics; Introduction to Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume Relationships; Measurement of Cost Behavior; Cost Management Systems and Activity-Based Costing; Relevant Information for Decision Making with a Focus on Pricing Decisions; Relevant Information for Decision Making with a Focus on Operational Decisions; Introduction to Budgets and Preparing the Master Budget; Flexible Budgets and Variance Analysis; Management Control Systems and Responsibility Accounting; Management Control in Decentralized Organizations; Capital Budgeting; Cost Allocation; Accounting for Overhead Costs; Job-Costing and Process-Costing Systems; Basic Accounting: Concepts, Techniques, and Conventions; Understanding Corporate Annual Reports: Basic Financial Statements; Understanding and Analyzing Consolidated Financial Statements
For management professionals who would like to understand how to make effective economic decisions.
Synopsis
'An essential tool that enhances a manager’s ability to make effective economic decisions.
Introduction to Management Accounting : Chapters 1-14, 15/e, describes both theory and common practices so students understand how to produce information that’s useful in day-to-day decision making.'
Table of Contents
1 Managerial Accounting, the Business Organization, and Professional Ethics
2 Introduction to Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume Relationships
3 Measurement of Cost Behavior
4 Cost Management Systems and Activity-Based Costing
5 Relevant Information for Decision Making with a Focus on Pricing Decisions
6 Relevant Information for Decision Making with a Focus on Operational Decisions
7 Introduction to Budgets and Preparing the Master Budget
8 Flexible Budgets and Variance Analysis
9 Management Control Systems and Responsibility Accounting
10 Management Control in Decentralized Organizations
11 Capital Budgeting
12 Cost Allocation
13 Accounting for Overhead Costs
14 Job-Costing and Process-Costing Systems