Making the Numbers Count: The Management Accountant as Change Agent

Maskell, Brian H.

ISBN 10: 1563270706 / ISBN 13: 9781563270703

Editore: Productivity Press, 1996

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Titolo: Making the Numbers Count: The Management ...

Casa editrice: Productivity Press

Data di pubblicazione: 1996

Legatura: hardcover

Condizione: New

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Riassunto:

Maskell challenges you to take a fresh look at your accounting systems and then clarifies world class methods required for innovative, proactive management accounting. As we move our analytical skills into new areas of the production organization and abandon many of the traditional methods, there are new techniques we must learn.

The average management accountant is woefully ignorant of the company's processes and procedures. They do not have a clear understanding of the accounting and administration procedures because these tend to be complex and convoluted. As well, very few management accountants have more than a passing knowledge of the manufacturing processes -- not to mention the engineering and technology the product uses.

To be a valuable contributor to your organization, you must be intimately familiar with the company's products, processes, markets, and customers. You must also have a clear understanding of what people in other departments think, feel, and do. These things are not learned in training classes; They are learned by taking the time and effort -- often in your own time -- to get alongside other people in your organization and become a part of the team.

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Contents

Publisher's Message
Preface
1. The Proactive Accountant
2. Shortcomings of Traditonal Accounting Methods
3. World Class and Agile Manufacturing
4. Simplification of Accounting Systems
Interlude: Accounting is Boring but Controllorship Is Not
5. Activity-Based Management and Activity-Based Costing
6. Value-Added Management
7. Performance Measurement
Interlude:Bean Counters No More
8. A New Approach to Product Design
9. Implementing the New Approach to Accounting
Appendix: Accounting and Measurement Questionnaire