Management Accounting for Decision Makers with MyAccountingLab access card

Description

Features

• Numerous activities and exercises enable you to constantly test your understanding and reinforce learning.
• Lively and relevant examples from the real world demonstrate the practical application and value of concepts and techniques learnt.
• Interactive ‘open-learning’ style is ideal for self-study.
• Decision-making focus on the use of accounting information rather than the preparation is highly appropriate for business managers.
• Full range of topical examples from the service sector, public sector and manufacturing industry.
• Key terms, glossary and bulleted summaries are excellent revision aids.
• Fully supported by MyAccountingLab - which for this new edition now includes multimedia case studies.

New to this Edition

• An increase in the number of real world examples to strengthen the links between theory and practice

• More diagrams and graphs to illustrate key points

• Increased coverage of costing issues

• Increased coverage of methods for competing in the new competitive environment

Table of Contents

Contents

1. Introduction to management accounting
2. Relevant costs for decision making
3. Cost-volume-profit analysis
4. Full costing
5. Costing and pricing in a competitive environment
6. Budgeting
7. Accounting for control
8. Making capital investment decisions
9. Strategic management accounting
10. Measuring performance
11. Managing working capital

Appendix A: Glossary of key terms
Appendix B: Solutions to self-assessment questions
Appendix C: Solutions to review questions
Appendix D: Solutions to selected exercises
Appendix E: Present value table
Index

Back Cover

This popular text provides a comprehensive but not unduly technical introduction to management accounting. With its focus on decision making, Management Accounting is ideal for students wishing to understand how to make the best choices in managerial and other business roles. Both students who wish to grasp key elements of management accounting and those seeking a foundation for further study will find this text and MyAccountingLab revision content invaluable.

New to this edition:

·         Revised and expanded real world examples to strengthen the links between theory and practice

·         Additional diagrams and graphs included to illustrate key points

·         More extensive coverage of costing issues

·         New content on succeeding in the new competitive environment

The text is supported by MyAccountingLab (www.myaccountinglab.com), an online tutorial and assessment solution. With more than 300,000 registered students in 2010 doing four million assignments, MyAccountingLab is the most effective and reliable learning solution for accounting available today.

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• Guided solutions that take students step by step through solving a problem
• Exam-board style questions
• An eBook for quick reference

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Peter Atrill is a freelance academic and author working with leading institutions in the UK, Europe and SE Asia. He was previously Head of Business and Management and Head of Accounting and Law at Plymouth Business School, Plymouth University.

Eddie McLaney is Visiting Fellow in Accounting and Finance at Plymouth University.

Author

Peter Atrill is a freelance academic and author working with leading institutions in the UK, Europe and SE Asia. He was previously Head of Business and Management at the University of Plymouth Business School.

Eddie McLaney is Visiting Fellow in Accounting and Finance at the University of Plymouth.