Managerial Accounting: Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment [Mass Market Paperback] [Jan 01, 2013] Hilton Platt

The Emphasis Of Managerial Accounting, 10th Edition Is On Teaching Students To Use Accounting Information To Best Manage An Organization. In A Practice Hilton Pioneered In The First Edition, Each Chapter Is Written Around A Realistic Business Or Focus Company That Guides The Reader Through The Topics Of That Chapter. Known For Balanced Examples Of Service, Retail, Nonprofit And Manufacturing Companies, Hilton/platt Offers A Clear, Engaging Writing Style That Has Been Praised By Instructors And Students Alike. As In Previous Editions, There Is Significant Coverage Of Contemporary Topics Such As Activity-based Costing, Target Costing, The Value Chain, Customer Profitability Analysis, And Throughput Costing While Also Including Traditional Topics Such As Job-order Costing, Budgeting And Performance Evaluation.--publisher's Website. 1. The Changing Role Of Managerial Accounting In A Dynamic Business Environment -- 2. Basic Cost Management Concepts And Accounting For Mass Customization Operations -- 3. Product Costing And Cost Accumulation In A Batch Production Environment -- 4. Process Costing And Hybrid Product-costing Systems -- 5. Activity-based Costing And Management -- 6. Activity Analysis, Cost Behavior, And Cost Estimation -- 7. Cost-volume-profit Analysis -- 8. Variable Costing And The Costs Of Quality And Sustainability -- 9. Financial Planning And Analysis: The Master Budget -- 10. Standard Costing And Analysis Of Direct Costs -- 11. Flexible Budgeting And Analysis Of Overhead Costs -- 12. Responsibility Accounting, Operational Performance Measures, And The Balanced Scorecard -- 13. Investment Centers And Transfer Pricing -- 14. Decision Making: Relevant Costs And Benefits -- 15. Target Costing And Cost Analysis For Pricing Decisions -- 16. Capital Expenditure Decisions -- 17. Allocation Of Support Activity Costs And Joint Costs -- Appendix I. The Sarbanes-oxley Act, Internal Controls, And Management Accounting -- Appendix Ii. Compound Interest And The Concept Of Present Value -- Appendix Iii. Inventory Management. Ronald W. Hilton, Cornell University, David E. Platt, University Of Texas At Austin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.