Introduction to management accounting /
Charles T. Horngren ... [et al.].
- 14th ed.
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008.
- xxi, 831, [65] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Charles T. Horngren series in accounting .
"Chapters 1-17"--Cover. Rev. ed. of: Introduction to management accounting / Charles T. Horngren, Gary L. Sundem, William O. Stratton. 13th ed. c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. A3-A7) and index.
Managerial accounting, the business organization, and professional ethics -- Introduction to cost behavior and cost-volume relationships -- Measurement of cost behavior -- Cost management systems and activity-based costing -- Relevant information for decision making with a focus on pricing decisions -- Relevant information for decision making with a focus on operational decisions -- Introduction to budgets and preparing the master budget -- Flexible budgets and variance analysis -- Management control systems and responsibility accounting -- Management control in decentralized organizations -- Capital budgeting -- Cost allocation -- Accounting for overhead costs -- Job-costing and process-costing systems -- Basic accounting : concepts, techniques, and conventions -- Understanding corporate annual reports : basic financial statements -- Understanding and analyzing consolidated financial statements.
An essential tool that enhances a manager's ability to make effective economic decisions Introduction to Management Accounting describes both theory and common practices so students understand how to produce information that's useful in day-to-day decision making.