Cost management : strategies for business decisions / Ronald W. Hilton, Michael W. Maher, Frank H. Selto.

By:

Hilton, Ronald W [author]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0072830085 (cased)
9780071115971

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 658.1552 H.R.C

LOC classification:

HF5657.4 .H548 2006

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Contents:

Part I: Setting the Strategic Foundation : The Importance of Analyzing and Managing Costs -- Cost Management and Strategic decision making -- Product Costing Systems : Concepts and Design Issues -- Cost Accumulation for Job-Shop and Batch Production Operations -- Part II: Activity-Based Management -- Activity-Based Costing Systems -- Activity-Based Management -- Managing Customer Profitability -- Managing Quality and Time to Create Value -- Part III: Process Costing and Cost Allocation -- Process-Costing Systems -- Joint-Process Costing -- Managing and Allocating Support-Service Costs -- Part IV: Planning and Decision Making -- Cost Estimation -- Financial and Cost-Volume-Profit Models -- Cost Management and Decision Making -- Strategic issues in making Investment Decisions -- Budgeting and Financial Planning -- Part V: Evaluating and Managing Performance : Creating and Managing Value-Added Effort -- Standard Costing, Variance Analysis, and Kaizen Costing -- Flexible Budgets, Overhead Cost Management, and Activity-Based Budgeting -- Organizational Design, Responsibility Accounting, and Evaluation of Divisional Performance -- Transfer Pricing -- Strategy, balanced scorecards, and incentive systems.

Summary: Addresses traditional cost concepts, but makes cost accounting functional by focusing on measuring and managing costs. The real-world approach of this text, including the use of focus companies and the accompanying focus sites, provides a realistic business environment, and aids in student comprehension and interest in the subject.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Main library B6	Commerce and business administration ( Finance )	658.1552 H.R.C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00010449

Includes bibliographical references (p. 887-892) and indexes.

Part I: Setting the Strategic Foundation : The Importance of Analyzing and Managing Costs --
Cost Management and Strategic decision making --
Product Costing Systems : Concepts and Design Issues --
Cost Accumulation for Job-Shop and Batch Production Operations --
Part II: Activity-Based Management --
Activity-Based Costing Systems --
Activity-Based Management --
Managing Customer Profitability --
Managing Quality and Time to Create Value --
Part III: Process Costing and Cost Allocation --
Process-Costing Systems --
Joint-Process Costing --
Managing and Allocating Support-Service Costs --
Part IV: Planning and Decision Making --
Cost Estimation --
Financial and Cost-Volume-Profit Models --
Cost Management and Decision Making --
Strategic issues in making Investment Decisions --
Budgeting and Financial Planning --
Part V: Evaluating and Managing Performance : Creating and Managing Value-Added Effort --
Standard Costing, Variance Analysis, and Kaizen Costing --
Flexible Budgets, Overhead Cost Management, and Activity-Based Budgeting --
Organizational Design, Responsibility Accounting, and Evaluation of Divisional Performance --
Transfer Pricing --
Strategy, balanced scorecards, and incentive systems.

Addresses traditional cost concepts, but makes cost accounting functional by focusing on measuring and managing costs. The real-world approach of this text, including the use of focus companies and the accompanying focus sites, provides a realistic business environment, and aids in student comprehension and interest in the subject.

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