| Description |
xxv, 567 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Foundations -- 1. Cost behaviour -- 2. The difference between profit and cash -- Pt. 2. Financial management -- 3. Ratio analysis and financial management -- 4. Working capital management -- Pt. 3. Decision making -- 5. Variable costing and breakeven analysis -- 6. Short-term decisions using variable costing -- 7. Short-term decisions using relevant costing -- 8. Capital investment appraisal for long-term decisions -- Pt. 4. Product costing and pricing -- 9. Product costs using absorption costing -- 10. Product costs using activity-based costing -- 11. Comparison of profits under absorption and variable costing -- 12. Pricing your products -- 13. Divisional performance and transfer pricing -- Pt. 5. Business performance management -- 14. Budgets and their creation -- 15. Using budgets to control operations -- 16. Budgets, behaviour and beyond budgeting -- 17. Balanced scorecards -- 18. Not-for-profit organizations |
| Summary |
"Managerial Accounting for Business Decisions helps students who are new to the subject to understand how the techniques of management accounting are used to solve business problems." "Focusing squarely on the needs of today's business, management and non-specialist accounting students, the aim of this book is to set management accounting into a contemporary real world context, helping students to apply the theories they learn to management situations and to use clear thinking to obtain the best financial outcome." "An ideal text for 'Introduction to Management Accounting' courses for business, management and non-specialist accounting students at MBA or undergraduate level. Teaching resources are available online at: www.pearsoned.co.uk/proctor."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2006 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Managerial accounting.
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Business planning.
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| Author |
Burton, Nigel.
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Pierce, Adrian.
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Burmiston, Gary.
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| LC no. |
2008039113 |
| ISBN |
9780273717553 (paperback) |
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0273717553 (paperback) |
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