Introduction to Management Accounting, Chapters 1-15 (12th Edition) - Hardcover

Horngren, Charles T.; Sundem, Gary L.; Stratton, William O.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130323721 ISBN 13: 9780130323729

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2001

Synopsis

For courses in Introduction to Management Accounting.Get refreshed with Horngren/Sundem/Stratton's Introduction to Management Accounting, Twelfth Edition. This best-selling text offers a relevant, real-world decision-making approach to management accounting. Students develop a solid understanding of costs and cost behavior and the use of cost information for planning and control decisions, not just inventory valuation. An exceptionally strong pedagogy and supplements package and flexible structure provide instructors with great latitude in choosing various combinations of breadth and depth, theory and procedures, simplicity and complexity. The Twelfth Edition now includes student-oriented real-world company examples such as Nantucket Nectars and McDonalds; new "Cognitive Exercises" and "Business First" boxes, new on-line courses and tutorial software package resources, and a new CD-ROM series, "Mastering Accounting."

About this title

From the Publisher

This edition recognizes the current trends in management accounting and clearly presents the basic concepts and techniques. Although basic concepts in management accounting have not changed dramatically, the application of those concepts has been significantly influenced by a competitive world environment and significant changes in the cost accounting systems used by large companies and corporations. The focus of the text remains the understanding of costs and cost behavior and the use of cost information for planning and control decisions.

From the Back Cover

Get Refreshed . . . with Horngren/Sundem/Stratton's Introduction to Management Accounting, Twelfth Edition

• NEW Real world companies including Nantucket Nectars, McDonald's, Cisco, Teva Sandals, and more are highlighted in chapter openers, chapter discussions, and many of these also appear in the On Location! Video package
• NEW Free Software (available to download from the text web site) includes free tutorial and general ledger software!
• NEW "Take Five" Study Breaks appear within the chapters and encourage students to apply concepts
• NEW Assignment Options include new critical thinking exercises (Cognitive exercises) for each chapter
• NEW "Business First" Boxes provide insights into domestic and international business, as well as high-tech and e-Business industries.
• NEW Free On-Line Courses available in your choice of platforms: WebCT, Blackboard, and Pearson CourseCompass

And, students can get FREE tutorial software, FREE general ledger software, FREE spreadsheet templates, FREE PowerPoints/ready notes, FREE Excel tutorial, FREE on-line Tutor, and FREE on-line Study Guides at www.prenhall.com/horngren!

Mastering Accounting CD-ROM

Using video and interactive exercises, Mastering Accounting actively engages students in learning core accounting concepts. Through dramatic situations in the life of a fictional e-Business, the CD-ROM teaches your students how to apply the fundamental concepts of accounting to practical problems facing today's dynamic organizations.

Mastering Accounting can be shrink-wrapped to these texts for a nominal fee.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0130323721
• ISBN 13: 9780130323729
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 671