Introduction to Management Accounting-Chapters 1-17

by Horngren, Charles T.; Sundem, Gary L.; Stratton, William O.; Schatzberg, Jeff; Burgstahler, Dave

• ISBN13: 9780136129219
• ISBN10: 0136129218
• Edition: 14th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Get refreshed with Horngren/Sundem/Stratton'sIntroduction to Management Accounting, 14h Edition.This best-selling book offers a relevant,real-world decision-makingapproach to management accounting. Readers develop a solid understanding of costs and cost behavior and the use of cost information for planning and control decisions, not just inventory valuation. This book emphasizes the notion that "You need to understand the business first, before you can understand the accounting of business."Updated to cover the most recent methods in management accounting, topics include: cost behavior, cost management systems, and activity-based costing; marketing and product decisions; the master budget; flexible budget and variance analysis; management control systems; capital budgeting; cost allocation; andjob-costing and process-costing systems; basic accounting concepts, techniques, and conventions; corporate financial reports and basic financial statements; and consolidated financial statements.An excellent reference resource for managerial accountants.

Table of Contents

Managerial Accounting, the Business Organization, and Professional Ethics

Introduction to Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume Relationships

Measurement of Cost Behavior

Cost Management Systems and an Introduction to Activity-Based Costing

Relevant Information and Decision Making With a Focus on Pricing Decisions

Relevant Information and Decision Making: Operational Decisions

Introduction to Budgets and Preparing the Master Budget

Flexible Budgets and Variance Analysis

Management Control Systems and Responsibility Accounting

Management Control in Decentralized Organizations

Capital Budgeting

Cost Allocation

Accounting for overhead costs

Job-Costing and Process-Costing Systems

Basic Accounting: Concepts, Techniques, and Conventions

Understanding Corporate Annual Reports: Basic Financial Statements

Understanding and Analyzing Consolidated Financial Statements

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