Management accounting - Brossura

Seal, Will

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ISBN 10: 007712989X ISBN 13: 9780077129897

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Riassunto

The new fourth edition of Management Accounting by Professor Will Seal offers comprehensive coverage as well as a balance between the technical and conceptual approaches to management accounting. Retaining its student friendly writing style and practical approach, it is the ideal text for students studying management accounting across a variety of levels, from introductory through to advanced levels.

Key features include:

New real-world examples from companies such as Sainsbury's, Gap, and Renault, plus coverage of topical events such as the bankers bonuses debate and the Mexico oil spill have been added to every chapter to increase application, ensuring students fully understand how management accounting is relevant to their future careers.

A balanced approach with examples from both the manufacturing and services industries toreflect the current economic environment and varied nature of management accounting.

Plentiful opportunities to practise key concepts and techniques through the book’s assessment material which brings the practical uses of management accounting to the fore. Review questions are now highlighted by level of difficulty to offer progressive learning for students.

A student-friendly writing style supported by illustrative material, such as colour photographs, exhibits and screenshots, creating an accessible and easy-to-use textbook.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Will Seal is Professor of Management Accounting and Director of the Postgraduate Research Training Programme at Loughborough University Business School, UK.

Contenuti:

Part I: An introduction to management and cost accounting: cost terms, systems design and cost behaviour

1 Management accounting and the business environment
2 An introduction to cost terms, concepts and classifications
3 Job-order and service department costing
4 Process costing
5 Cost behaviour: analysis and use

Part II: Information for decision-making

6 Profit reporting under variable costing and absorption costing
7 Cost–volume–profit relationships
8 Activity-based costing
9 Relevant costs for decision making
10 Capital investment decisions

Part III: Planning and control

11 Profit planning and the role of budgeting
12 Standard costs and variance analysis
13 Flexible budgets and performance reporting
14 Segment reporting and decentralization
15 Pricing and intra-company transfers

Part IV: Value metrics and performance management in a strategic context

16 Value-based management and strategic management accounting
17 Performance management, management control and corporate governance
18 Business process management: towards the lean operation
19 Strategic perspectives on cost management

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 007712989X
• ISBN 13: 9780077129897
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 888