Managerial Accounting : Creating Value in a Dynamic Business Environment - Hardcover

J.K

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071113134 ISBN 13: 9780071113137

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx), 2006

Synopsis

The emphasis of MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING, 4e is on teaching students to use accounting information in managing an organization. The text is known for its coverage of contemporary topics, its balanced use of Service/Retail/Nonprofit/Manufacturing companies, its use of chapter focus companies, and its engaging writing style. Each chapter is written around a realistic business that guides the reader through the topics of that chapter. Students learn about the issues facing service, nonprofit, retail and manufacturing firms and about the managerial practices that the businesses use. There is significant coverage of contemporary topics such as activity-based costing, target costing, and the value chain, while also including traditional topics such as job-order costing, budgeting and performance evaluation.

About this title

About the Author:

A Professor of Accounting at Cornell University, Professor Hilton teaches in the areas of managerial accounting and cost management systems. With bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from The Pennsylvania State University, he received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. A Cornell faculty member since 1977, Professor Hilton also has taught accounting at Ohio State and the University of Florida, where he held the position of Walter J. Matherly Professor of Accounting. Prior to pursuing his doctoral studies, Hilton worked for Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company and served as an officer in the United States Air Force. Professor Hilton is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and has been active in the American Accounting Association. He has served as associate editor of The Accounting Review and as a member of its editorial board. Hilton also has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Management Accounting Research. He has been a member of the resident faculties of both the Doctoral Consortium and the New Faculty Consortium sponsored by the American Accounting Association. With wide-ranging research interests, Hilton has published articles in many -journals, including the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, -Management Science, Decision Sciences, The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Contemporary Accounting Research, and the Journal of Mathematical Psychology. Author of Managerial Accounting, he also has published a monograph in the AAA Studies in Accounting Research series, is a co-author of Budgeting: Profit Planning and Control, and is a co-author of Cost Accounting: Concepts and Mana-ge-rial Applications. Professor Hilton's current research interests focus on contemporary cost management systems and international issues in managerial accounting. In recent years, he has toured manufacturing facilities and consulted with practicing managerial accountants in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx)
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071113134
• ISBN 13: 9780071113137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 812