Managerial Accounting For Dummies
1st Edition
Published on 15. February 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-118-11642-5 (ISBN)
Description
The easy way to master a managerial accounting course Are you enrolled in a managerial accounting class and finding yourself struggling? Fear not! Managerial Accounting For Dummies is the go-to study guide to help you easily master the concepts of this challenging course. You'll discover the basic concepts, terminology, and methods to identify, measure, analyze, interpret, and communicate information in the pursuit of an organization's goals.
Tracking to a typical managerial accounting course and packed with easy-to-understand explanations and real-life examples, Managerial Accounting For Dummies explores cost behavior, cost analysis, profit planning and control measures, accounting for decentralized operations, capital budgeting decisions, ethical challenges in managerial accounting, and much more.
Covers the key concepts and tools needed to communicate accounting information for managerial decision-making within an organization
Plain-English explanations of managerial accounting terminology and methods
Tracks to a typical college-level managerial accounting course
Managerial Accounting For Dummies makes it fast and easy to grasp the concepts needed to score your highest in a managerial accounting course.
Tracking to a typical managerial accounting course and packed with easy-to-understand explanations and real-life examples, Managerial Accounting For Dummies explores cost behavior, cost analysis, profit planning and control measures, accounting for decentralized operations, capital budgeting decisions, ethical challenges in managerial accounting, and much more.
Covers the key concepts and tools needed to communicate accounting information for managerial decision-making within an organization
Plain-English explanations of managerial accounting terminology and methods
Tracks to a typical college-level managerial accounting course
Managerial Accounting For Dummies makes it fast and easy to grasp the concepts needed to score your highest in a managerial accounting course.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-11642-5 (9781118116425)
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Mark P. Holtzman, PhD, CPA, is Chair of the Department of Accounting and Taxation at Seton Hall University. He has taught accounting at the college level for 17 years and runs the Accountinator website at www.accountinator.com, which gives practical accounting advice to entrepreneurs.
Content
Introduction 1
Part I: Introducing Managerial Accounting 7
Chapter 1: The Role of Managerial Accounting 9
Chapter 2: Using Managerial Accounting in Your Business 29
Part II: Understanding and Managing Costs 43
Chapter 3: Classifying Costs 45
Chapter 4: Figuring Cost of Goods Manufactured and Sold 57
Chapter 5: Teaching Costs to Behave: Variable and Fixed Costs 69
Chapter 6: Allocating Overhead 89
Chapter 7: Job Order Costing: Having It Your Way 105
Chapter 8: Process Costing: Get In Line 121
Part III: Using Costing Techniques for Decision-Making 145
Chapter 9: Straight to the Bottom Line: Examining Contribution Margin 147
Chapter 10: Capital Budgeting: Should You Buy That? 165
Chapter 11: Reality Check: Making and Selling More than One Product 179
Chapter 12: The Price Is Right: Knowing How Much to Charge 191
Chapter 13: Spreading the Wealth with Transfer Prices 203
Part IV: Planning and Budgeting 217
Chapter 14: Master Budgets: Planning for the Future 219
Chapter 15: Flexing Your Budget: When Plans Change 237
Part V: Using Managerial Accounting for Evaluation and Control 245
Chapter 16: Responsibility Accounting 247
Chapter 17: Variance Analysis: To Tell the Truth 259
Chapter 18: The Balanced Scorecard: Reviewing Your Business's Report Card 279
Chapter 19: Using the Theory of Constraints to Squeeze Out of a Tight Spot 293
Part VI: The Part of Tens 301
Chapter 20: Ten Key Managerial Accounting Formulas 303
Chapter 21: Ten Careers in Managerial Accounting 311
Chapter 22: Ten Legends of Managerial Accounting 315
Index 319
Part I: Introducing Managerial Accounting 7
Chapter 1: The Role of Managerial Accounting 9
Chapter 2: Using Managerial Accounting in Your Business 29
Part II: Understanding and Managing Costs 43
Chapter 3: Classifying Costs 45
Chapter 4: Figuring Cost of Goods Manufactured and Sold 57
Chapter 5: Teaching Costs to Behave: Variable and Fixed Costs 69
Chapter 6: Allocating Overhead 89
Chapter 7: Job Order Costing: Having It Your Way 105
Chapter 8: Process Costing: Get In Line 121
Part III: Using Costing Techniques for Decision-Making 145
Chapter 9: Straight to the Bottom Line: Examining Contribution Margin 147
Chapter 10: Capital Budgeting: Should You Buy That? 165
Chapter 11: Reality Check: Making and Selling More than One Product 179
Chapter 12: The Price Is Right: Knowing How Much to Charge 191
Chapter 13: Spreading the Wealth with Transfer Prices 203
Part IV: Planning and Budgeting 217
Chapter 14: Master Budgets: Planning for the Future 219
Chapter 15: Flexing Your Budget: When Plans Change 237
Part V: Using Managerial Accounting for Evaluation and Control 245
Chapter 16: Responsibility Accounting 247
Chapter 17: Variance Analysis: To Tell the Truth 259
Chapter 18: The Balanced Scorecard: Reviewing Your Business's Report Card 279
Chapter 19: Using the Theory of Constraints to Squeeze Out of a Tight Spot 293
Part VI: The Part of Tens 301
Chapter 20: Ten Key Managerial Accounting Formulas 303
Chapter 21: Ten Careers in Managerial Accounting 311
Chapter 22: Ten Legends of Managerial Accounting 315
Index 319