
Cost Control
A Strategic Guide
David Doyle(Author)
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (Publisher)
Published on 15. June 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-85971-517-8 (ISBN)
Description
The current economic climate has meant that cost control is firmly back on the corporate agenda. This edition maintains that all too often, costs are cut in a way that is actually detrimental to the company in the short and long-term. The author highlights and examines the many pitfalls managers face, and suggests a more flexible model which will offer stability and sustainability in the modern global marketplace.
Getting maximum results out of organisational resources while minimising costs will continue to rank as one of the main strategic issues facing managers for many generations to come.
Key points and a checklist are included at the end of every chapter
Highlights and examines the many pitfalls managers face in the current economic climate
The author is a cost management and marketing expert and lectures in management control at the HEC School of Management
Getting maximum results out of organisational resources while minimising costs will continue to rank as one of the main strategic issues facing managers for many generations to come.
Key points and a checklist are included at the end of every chapter
Highlights and examines the many pitfalls managers face in the current economic climate
The author is a cost management and marketing expert and lectures in management control at the HEC School of Management
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Managers; CEOs; CFOs; accountants and anyone looking to control costs in a corporate environment.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85971-517-8 (9781859715178)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Glossary; 1: Adjusting to Continuously Changing Times; 2: The Corporate Budget Process - moving beyond the incremental approach; 3: Outsourcing Non-core Activities; 4: Efficiency or Effectiveness? - the role of performance management; 5: Tracing the Real Costs of Organisational Activities - activity-based costing; 6: Overhead Value Analysis; 7: Cost Responsibility and Cultivating Cost Awareness; 8: The Cost and Value of Information Technology; 9: Strategic Reappraisal - The Ultimate Thrust in Cost Control; Bibliography; Index.