Introduction to Management Accounting-Chapters 1-17

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

• ISBN13: 9780131440715
• ISBN10: 0131440713
• Edition: 13th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Get refreshed with Horngren/Sundem/Stratton'sIntroduction to Management Accounting, 13th 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; and job-costing and process-costing systems.An excellent reference resource for managerial accountants.

Table of Contents

Managerial Accounting and the Business Organization

Introduction to Cost Behavior and Cost Volume Relationships

Measurement of Cost Behavior

Cost Management Systems and Activity-Based Costing

Relevant Information and Decision-Making: Marketing Decisions

Relevant Information and Decision-Making: Product Decisions

The Master Budget

Flexible Budget and Variance Analysis

Management Control Systems and Responsibility Accounting

Management Control in Decentralized Organizations

Capital Budgeting

Cost Allocation

Job-Costing

Process-Costing Systems

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