| Title : | Management accounting for buisness decisions | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | W. B. Seal, Author | | Edition statement: | 1st ed. | | Publisher: | Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Higher Education | | Publication Date: | 2011 | | Pagination: | xxiv, 340 p. | | Layout: | ill (col) | | Size: | 27 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-07-713271-2 | | General note: | Providing manageable coverage of key topics and theory, this title is supported by examples from both the manufacturing and services industries. It is suitable for one or two semester courses and also for both specialist and non-specialist students at an introductory level. | | Class number: | 658.1511 | | Abstract: | Written with the decision maker in mind, this new text from Professor Will Seal, author of the highly successful Management Accounting, takes a practical, real-world approach to the subject. Suitable for one or two semester courses, the text is aimed at both specialist and non-specialist students at an introductory level. The book provides concise and manageable coverage of key topics and theory, and is supported by contemporary examples from both the manufacturing and services industries, ensuring it is relevant and engaging to both today's students and tomorrow's decision makers. | | Contents note: | Preface; Guided tour; Technology to enhance learning and teaching; Acknowledgements; About the Author
Part I An introduction to management accounting
1. Accounting and decision making in business
Part II Cost and revenues for decision making
2. Cost terms and concepts; 3. Short-term decision making: cost-volume-profit relationships; 4. Relevant costs for decision making; 5. The principles of cost allocation: full costing; 6. Activity-based costing; 7. Pricing, target costing and transfer pricing
Part III Business planning and organizational control
8. Profit planning and controlling: budgeting; 9. Standard costing and variance analysis; 10. Long-term decision making: capital investment and appraisal; 11. Strategic management accounting and the balanced scorecard; 12. Performance measurement and management control in segmented organizations; 13. Management control and business process improvement
Bibliography; Glossary; Index |
Management accounting for buisness decisions [printed text] / W. B. Seal, Author . - 1st ed. . - Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2011 . - xxiv, 340 p. : ill (col) ; 27 cm. ISBN : 978-0-07-713271-2 Providing manageable coverage of key topics and theory, this title is supported by examples from both the manufacturing and services industries. It is suitable for one or two semester courses and also for both specialist and non-specialist students at an introductory level. | Class number: | 658.1511 | | Abstract: | Written with the decision maker in mind, this new text from Professor Will Seal, author of the highly successful Management Accounting, takes a practical, real-world approach to the subject. Suitable for one or two semester courses, the text is aimed at both specialist and non-specialist students at an introductory level. The book provides concise and manageable coverage of key topics and theory, and is supported by contemporary examples from both the manufacturing and services industries, ensuring it is relevant and engaging to both today's students and tomorrow's decision makers. | | Contents note: | Preface; Guided tour; Technology to enhance learning and teaching; Acknowledgements; About the Author
Part I An introduction to management accounting
1. Accounting and decision making in business
Part II Cost and revenues for decision making
2. Cost terms and concepts; 3. Short-term decision making: cost-volume-profit relationships; 4. Relevant costs for decision making; 5. The principles of cost allocation: full costing; 6. Activity-based costing; 7. Pricing, target costing and transfer pricing
Part III Business planning and organizational control
8. Profit planning and controlling: budgeting; 9. Standard costing and variance analysis; 10. Long-term decision making: capital investment and appraisal; 11. Strategic management accounting and the balanced scorecard; 12. Performance measurement and management control in segmented organizations; 13. Management control and business process improvement
Bibliography; Glossary; Index |
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