Management and Cost Accounting for Dummies - Uk

Zusatztext 'This book is perfect for college students! those studying level 3 and 4 at AAT! as well as the operational levels at CIMA! or those on the fundamental ACCA courses.' (PQ Magazine! January 2014). Informationen zum Autor Mark P. Holtzman, PhD, CPA, is Chair of the Department of Accounting and Taxation, Seton Hall University. He has taught accounting at college level for 17 years. Sandy Hood is a lecturer in management and cost accounting. He also lectures on the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy course, a one-year course that helps budding entrepreneurs set up their own businesses and learn practical business skills. Klappentext With easy-to-understand explanations and real-life examples, Management & Cost Accounting For Dummies provides students and trainees with the basic concepts, terminology and methods to identify, measure, analyse, interpret, and communicate accounting information in the context of managerial decision-making.Major topics include:* cost behaviour* cost analysis* profit planning and control measures* accounting for decentralized operations* budgeting decisions* ethical challenges in management and cost accounting Zusammenfassung With easy-to-understand explanations and real-life examples, Management & Cost Accounting For Dummies provides students and trainees with the basic concepts, terminology and methods to identify, measure, analyse, interpret, and communicate accounting information in the context of managerial decision-making. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Management and Cost Accounting 7 Chapter 1: Planning and Control: The Role of Management Accounting 9 Chapter 2: Using Management Accounting in Your Business 27 Part II: Understanding and Managing Costs 45 Chapter 3: Classifying Direct and Indirect Costs 47 Chapter 4: Allocating, Apportioning and Absorbing Overhead 71 Chapter 5: Costing Products Flowing Through a Business 95 Chapter 6: Job Costing: Pricing Individual Orders 105 Chapter 7: Process Costing: Tracking What's Produced and How Much it Costs 119 Chapter 8: Observing How Variable and Fixed Costs Behave 143 Part III: Planning and Budgeting 161 Chapter 9: Using Contribution Analysis to Make Better Decisions 163 Chapter 10: Decision-Making Within the Reality of Limited Capacity 189 Chapter 11: Deciding on Long-Term Purchases: Capital Budgeting 205 Chapter 12: Naming Your Price: Approaches to Decision-Making 229 Chapter 13: Doing Deals between Company Divisions: Transfer Prices 243 Chapter 14: Planning Budgets for the Future 259 Part IV: Using Management Accounting for Evaluation and Control 279 Chapter 15: Using Flexible Budgets to Exert Control 281 Chapter 16: Variance Analysis: Flexing Standard Costs 293 Chapter 17: Establishing Accountability with Responsibility Accounting 317 Chapter 18: The Balanced Scorecard: Reviewing Your Business's Report Card 329 Chapter 19: Squeezing Out of a Tight Spot with the Theory of Constraints 347 Part V: The Part of Tens 357 Chapter 20: Ten Key Management Accounting Formulas 359 Chapter 21: Ten Careers in Management Accounting 371 Index 375 ...

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
 
Part I: Getting Started with Management and Cost Accounting 7
 
Chapter 1: Planning and Control: The Role of Management Accounting 9
 
Chapter 2: Using Management Accounting in Your Business 27
 
Part II: Understanding and Managing Costs 45
 
Chapter 3: Classifying Direct and Indirect Costs 47
 
Chapter 4: Allocating, Apportioning and Absorbing Overhead 71
 
Chapter 5: Costing Products Flowing Through a Business 95
 
Chapter 6: Job Costing: Pricing Individual Orders 105
 
Chapter 7: Process Costing: Tracking What's Produced and How Much it Costs 119
 
Chapter 8: Observing How Variable and Fixed Costs Behave 143
 
Part III: Planning and Budgeting 161
 
Chapter 9: Using Contribution Analysis to Make Better Decisions 163
 
Chapter 10: Decision-Making Within the Reality of Limited Capacity 189
 
Chapter 11: Deciding on Long-Term Purchases: Capital Budgeting 205
 
Chapter 12: Naming Your Price: Approaches to Decision-Making 229
 
Chapter 13: Doing Deals between Company Divisions: Transfer Prices 243
 
Chapter 14: Planning Budgets for the Future 259
 
Part IV: Using Management Accounting for Evaluation and Control 279
 
Chapter 15: Using Flexible Budgets to Exert Control 281
 
Chapter 16: Variance Analysis: Flexing Standard Costs 293
 
Chapter 17: Establishing Accountability with Responsibility Accounting 317
 
Chapter 18: The Balanced Scorecard: Reviewing Your Business's Report Card 329
 
Chapter 19: Squeezing Out of a Tight Spot with the Theory of Constraints 347
 
Part V: The Part of Tens 357
 
Chapter 20: Ten Key Management Accounting Formulas 359
 
Chapter 21: Ten Careers in Management Accounting 371
 
Index 375

Bericht

This book is perfect for college students, those studying level 3 and 4 at AAT, as well as the operational levels at CIMA, or those on the fundamental ACCA courses. (PQ Magazine, January 2014).

Produktdetails

• Autoren: M Holtzman, Mark Holtzman, Mark P Holtzman, Mark P. Holtzman, Mark P. ( ) Holtzman, Mark P. ( ) Hood Holtzman, Mark P. (?) Hood Holtzman, Mark P. Hood Holtzman, Sandy Hood
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 20.09.2013
• EAN: 9781118650493
• ISBN: 978-1-118-65049-3
• Seiten: 416
• Themen: Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Betriebswirtschaft, Unternehmen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Betriebswirtschaft