Advanced Management Accounting FROM THE PUBLISHER
Contains leading-edge treatment of innovative management accounting issues used by major companies throughout the world. Advanced Management Accounting provides a systematic management- oriented approach to advanced management topics. Each chapter is accompanied by cases to illustrate the concepts discussed. Written by an authoritative author team known for establishing innovative business standards. Includes an updated chapter on Transfer Pricing to reflect more modern approaches in addition to an entire chapter on Economic Value Added (EVA). Appropriate for business professionals involved in cost accounting and/or management.
SYNOPSIS
2nd level cost or managerial text that follows an intuitive approach to Management Control Systems.TOC: 1. Introduction: Past and Present Management Accounting.2. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis.3. Linear Programming Models for Planning.4. Cost Estimation and Regression Analysis.5. Topics in Regression Analysis.6. Cost Analysis for Pricing Decisions.7. Assigning Service Department Costs.8. Joint Costs.9. Sales, Profitability, and Productivity Variances.10. Measuring Quality.11. New Technology for Manufacturing Operations: JIT and CIM.12. Justifying Investments in New Technology.13. Decentralization.14. Profit Centers and Transfer Pricing.15. Investment Centers: Return on Investment.16. Executive Contracts and Bonus Plans.17. Formal Models in Budgeting and Incentive Contracts.
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Booknews
This textbook for undergraduate students focuses on the practices of actual organizations through case studies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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