Management accounting : an introduction

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Management accounting : an introduction

Pauline Weetman

Person Education, 1999

2nd ed

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Previous ed.: 1996

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This new edition of a popular text provides an introduction to cost and management accounting for students. The text is conceptually based and allows students to develop a practical knowledge of management accounting based on sound principles. The contingency approach emphasises that the selection of management accounting techniques is conditional on management's purpose. A running case study approach, based on a management accounting consultant, brings issues to life for students and allows for a real-life perspective on accounting. Throughout the text, examples, questions and problems allow students to practise the application of theory and techniques. This new edition includes many more questions and answers in an expanded Lecturer's Guide. The book has been designed to be the appropriate level and length for a new-style modular first year programme in management accounting.

Table of Contents

PART 1 Setting the scene and defining the basic tools of management accounting. Functions of management accounting. Classification of costs. Accounting for materials, labour and overheads. PART 2 Applying the basic tools of management accounting. Job costing and contract costing. Process costing. PART 3 Planning and controlling. Preparing a budget. Standard costs. Performance evaluation and feedback reporting. PART 4 Profit, performance and current developments. Profit measurement and short-term decision making. Capital budgeting. The frontiers of management accounting. APPENDICES. Glossary. Appendix 1 Solutions to numerical questions.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA48875246
  • ISBN
    • 0273638386
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Harlow
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 395 p
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Subject Headings
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