Introduction to cost accounting

Mowen, Maryanne M.

Introduction to cost accounting - Australia : South-Western Cengage Learning, ©2011 [i.e. 2010] - xv, 1036, [3] pages : color illustrations ;

Includes index

Part I: FOUNDATION CONCEPTS.1. Introduction to Cost Management.2. Basic Cost Management Concepts.3. Cost Behavior.4. Activity-Based Costing.Part II: FUNDAMENTAL COSTING AND CONTROL.5. Product and Service Costing: Job-Order System.6. Process Costing.7. Allocating Costs of Support Departments and Joint Products.8. Budgeting for Planning and Control.9. Standard Costing: A Functional-Based Control Approach.10. Decentralization: Responsibility Accounting, Performance Evaluation, and Transfer Pricing.Part III: ADVANCED COSTING AND CONTROL.11. Strategic Cost Management.12. Activity-Based Management.13. The Balanced Scorecard: Strategic-Based Control.14. Quality and Environmental Cost Management.15. Productivity Measurement and Control and Lean Accounting.Part IV: DECISION MAKING.16. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis.17. Activity Resource Usage Model and Tactical Decision Making.18. Pricing and Profitability Analysis.19. Capital Investment.20. Inventory Management: Economic Order Quantity, JIT, and the Theory of Constraints.

Allowing you to discover the nature of cost management, this title takes you through relevant topics such as lean accounting and the technological aspects of cost accounting. It follows a Cornerstones learning approach that guides you through the equations step-by-step, helping you understand the core cost management concepts.

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