Accounting for Decision Making and Control - Softcover

Jerold Zimmerman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007128964X ISBN 13: 9780071289641

Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Higher Education, 2010

Synopsis

"Accounting for Decision Making and Control" provides students and managers with an understanding appreciation of the strengths and limitations of an organization's accounting system. This book provides a framework for thinking about accounting systems and a basis for analyzing proposed changes to these systems. The seventh edition demonstrates that managerial accounting is an integral part of the firm's organizational architecture, not just an isolated set of computational topics. The purpose of this text is to provide students and managers with an understanding and appreciation of the strengths and limitations of an organization's accounting system, thereby allowing them to be more intelligent users of these systems. The main purpose proposed by the author remains in tact for the seventh edition.

About this title

About the Author:

Jerold Zimmerman is Ronald L. Bittner Professor at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley. While at Rochester, Dr. Zimmerman has taught a variety of courses spanning accounting, finance, and economics. Accounting courses include nonprofit accounting, intermediate accounting, accounting theory, and managerial accounting. A deeper appreciation of the challenges of managing a complex organization was acquired by spending four years as Deputy Dean of the Simon School. Professor Zimmerman publishes widely in accounting on topics as diverse as cost allocations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, disclosure, financial accounting theory, capital markets, and executive compensation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 007128964X
• ISBN 13: 9780071289641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608