Cornerstones of Managerial Accounting

by Mowen, Maryanne M.; Hansen, Don R.

• ISBN13: 9780324656107
• ISBN10: 0324656106
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2007-07-25
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

Discover the management accounting text written for the way you study and learn! CORNERSTONES OF MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING, 2e uses an inventive framework that focuses on the key concepts or "Cornerstones" of management accounting to help you more easily master the fundamentals of calculations, develop important problem-solving skills, and apply your management accounting skills to actual business decisions. To show chapter concepts in action, this edition features the actual company, Kicker Car Stereo, throughout the book. You see, firsthand, in Experience Accounting videos and case vignettes how accounting decisions fuel success for high profile companies like BP and Coldstone Creamery. Examples, infographics, margin notes, and tools for review help you efficiently study. To maximize each minute of study and help you efficiently complete homework, the new CengageNOW online learning system provides interactive tools and a personalized learning path that focuses only on the management accounting concepts you still need to master for business success.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Management Accounting

Basic Management Accounting Concepts

Cost behavior

Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis: A Managerial Planning Tool

Job-Order Costing

Process Costing

Activity-Based Costing and Management

Appendix: Quality, Environmental Costing

Profit Planning

Standard Costing: A Managerial Control Tool

Appendix: Target Costing, Kaizen Costing

Flexible Budgets and Overhead Analysis

Performance Evaluation, Variable Costing, and Decentralization

Appendix: Balanced Scorecard

Short Run Decision-Making

Relevant Costing and Inventory Management

Capital Investment Decisions

Support Department Cost Allocation

Statement of Cash Flows

Financial Statement Analysis

Glossary

Check Figures

Subject

Index

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