Managerial Accounting A Focus On Decision Making

by Jackson, Steve; Sawyers, Roby

• ISBN13: 9780324182811
• ISBN10: 0324182813
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-13
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

This text is unique in its first-person, discovery learning approach using a 4-step decision-making model throughout. It truly conveys a management perspective, by including coverage of topics such as ABM, the value chain and balanced scorecard evaluation techniques. It is also the first managerial text to incorporate coverage on knowledge management (Ch. 13) highlighting the latest developments for improved managerial decision making.

Table of Contents

Accounting Information and Managerial Decisions

Corporate Governance and Ethics

Product Costing: Manufacturing Processes, Cost Terminology, and Cost Flows

Cost Behavior and Relevant Costs

Job Costing, Process Costing, and Operations Costing

Activity-Based Costing

Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Variable Costing

Short-Term Tactical Decision Making

Long-Term (Capital Investment) Decisions

The Use of Budgets in Planning and Decision Making

Variance Analysis -- A Tool for Cost Control and Performance Evaluation

Decentralization and Performance Evaluation

Performance Evaluation Using the Balanced Scorecard

Strategic Use of Managerial Accounting Information

Financial Statement Analysis

The Statement of Cash Flows

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