Cost Management: WITH Online Learning Cente with PW Card
A Strategic Emphasis
3rd Edition
Published on 1. March 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
930 pages
978-0-07-111211-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis", by Blocher/Chen/Cokins/Lin is the first cost accounting text to offer integrated coverage of strategic management topics in cost accounting. The text is written to help students understand more about management and the role of cost management in helping a firm or organization to succeed. This text aims to teach management concepts and methods, and how managers use cost management information to make better decisions and improve their company's competitiveness. In teaching these key management skills, the text takes on a strategic focus. It uncovers issues such as: How does a firm compete? What type of cost management information is needed for a firm to succeed? How does the management accountant develop and present this information? This text helps students learn why, when, and how cost information is used to make effective decisions that lead a firm to success.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 205 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1882 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-111211-6 (9780071112116)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
10/2001
2nd Edition
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.
€49.51
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Content
Part One: Introduction to Cost Management 1. Cost Management and Strategy 2. Implementing Strategy: The Balanced Scorecard and the Value Chain 3. Basic Cost Concepts 4. Job Order Costing 5. Activity-Based Costing and Management Part Two: Planning and Decision Making 6. Cost Elimination 7. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis 8. Strategy and the Master Budget 9. Decision Making with Relevant Costs and a Strategic Emphasis 10. Cost Planning for the Product Life Cycle: Target Costing, Theory Part Three: Process Costing and Cost Allocation 11. Process Costing 12. Cost Allocation: Service Departments and Joint Product Costs Part Four: Operational Control The Flexible Budget and Standard Costing: Direct Materials and Direct Labor 14. Standard Costing: Factory Overhead 15. Productivity, Marketing Effectiveness, and Strategic Profitability Analysis 16. Total Quality Management Part Five: Management Control 17. Management Control and Strategic Performance Measurement 18. Strategic Investment Units and Transfer Pricing Part Six: Advanced Topics in Cost Management 19. Management Compensation and Business Valuation 20. Capital Budgeting