Title:
Management accounting for business
Author:
Drury, Colin.
ISBN:
9781408017715
Personal Author:
Edition:
4th ed.
Publication Information:
Andover : Cengage Learning, ©2009.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 488 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
General Note:
Previous edition: London: Thomson Learning, 2005.
Contents:
Inroduction to management and cost accounting -- Introduction to management accounting -- An introduction to cost and concepts -- Information for decision making -- Cost volume profit analysis -- Measuring relevant costs and revenues for decision making -- Pricing decisions and profitability analysis -- Capital investment decisions, appraisal methods -- Cost assignment -- Cost assignment -- Activity based costing -- Information for planning, control and performance measurement -- The budgeting process -- Management control systems -- Standard costing and variance analysis -- Divisional financial performance measures -- Transfer pricing in divisional companies -- Strategic cost management and performance management -- Strategic cost management -- Strategic performance management.
Abstract:
Aimed at non-accounting management students, this textbook offers a thorough introduction to management accounting, approaching the subject from a managerial perspective, without sacrificing accuracy or detail.