Introduction to Management Accounting: A User Perspective

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Prentice Hall, 2000 - Business & Economics - 423 pages
"This introduction to accounting and its significant role in making sound business decisions trains readers in becoming wise users, not necessarily preparers of accounting information--a strong user-based approach that's endorsed and supported by the AECC. The authors present accounting information in a broader business context--emphasizing what accounting information is, why it is important, and how it is used to make strategic economic decisions--but still include traditional debit/credit information as optional coverage. Discussions include Management Accounting: It's Environment and Future; Classifying Costs; Determining Costs of Products; Cost Behavior; Business Decisions Using Cost Behavior; Making Decisions Using Relevant Information; The Capital Budget: Evaluating Capital Expenditures; The Operating Budget; Standard Costing; and Evaluating Performance. For practicing office professionals, accounting clerks and paraprofessionals, and staff accountants. "--Publisher's description.

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Its Environment
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Challenges and Trends in Management Accounting M14
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Classifying Costs M19
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