Managerial Accounting : Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment

by HILTON RONALD W.

• ISBN13: 9780073022857
• ISBN10: 0073022853
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-14
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

The emphasis ofManagerial Accounting, 7e is on teaching students to use accounting information to best manage an organization. In a practice Hilton pioneered in the first edition, each chapter is written around a realistic business or focus company that guides the reader through the topics of that chapter. Known for balanced examples of Service, Retail, Nonprofit and Manufacturing companies, Hilton offers a clear, engaging writing style that has been praised by instructors and students alike. As in previous editions, there is significant coverage of contemporary topics such as activity-based costing, target costing, the value chain, customer profitability analysis, and throughput costing while also including traditional topics such as job-order costing, budgeting and performance evaluation.

Author Biography

Ronald W. Hilton is a Professor of Accounting at Cornell University.

Table of Contents

Fundamentals and Cost-Accumulations Systems

The Changing Role of Managerial Accounting in a Dynamic Business Environment

Basic Cost Management Concepts and Accounting for Mass Customization Operations

Product Costing and Cost Accumulation in a Batch Production Environment

Process Costing and Hybrid Product-Costing Systems

Cost Management Systems, Activity-Based Costing, and Activity-Based Management

Activity-Based Costing

Activity-Based Management and Cost Management Tools

Planning, Control, and Cost Management Systems

Activity Analysis, Cost Behavior, and Cost Estimation

Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

Profit Planning, Activity-Based Budgeting, and e-Budgeting

Standard Costing, Operational Performance Measures and the Balanced Scorecard

Flexible Budgeting and the Management of Overhead and Support Activity Costs

Responsibility Accounting, Quality Control and Environmental Cost Management

Investment Centers and Transfer Pricing

Selected Topics for Further Study

Decision Making: Relevant Costs and Benefits

Target Costing and Cost Analysis for Pricing Decisions

Capital Expenditure Decisions

Selected Topics for Further Study

Absorption, Variable and Throughput Costing

Allocation of Support Activity Costs and Joint Costs

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Internal Controls, and Management Accounting

Compound Interest and the Concept of Present Value

Inventory Management References for In their Own Words

Glossary Photo Credits

Index of Companies and Organizations

Index of Subjects

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