Management Accounting:Information for Decision-Making and Strategy Execution: International Edition - Softcover

Atkinson, Anthony A.; Kaplan, Robert S.; Matsumura, Ella Mae; Young, S. Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273769987 ISBN 13: 9780273769989

Publisher: Pearson Education, 2011

Synopsis

For upper level undergraduate and MBA Management Accounting courses.

An approach to management accounting from the perspective of a business manager.

Atkinson presents state-of-the-art thinking on all of the major topics in management accounting including activity-based management, the Balanced Scorecard, target costing, and management control system design.

This title is a Pearson Global Edition.  The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content which is especially relevant to students outside the United States.

About this title

From the Publisher

Unique in approach, this text provides a balanced, cohesive integration of management and accounting that has been noticeably missing from current texts. This book appeals to the general business student as well as the Accounting major. It teaches how a business manager uses management accounting information to solve problems and manage activities within an organization. Accounting majors aspiring to become management accountants learn how to design and operate information systems that create value for their organizations. The entire text blends contemporary theory and the latest research in management accounting with practical applications and actual company experiences.

From the Back Cover

Unique in approach, this book provides a balanced, cohesive integration of management and accounting. It teaches how a business manager uses management accounting information to solve problems and manage activities within an organization. Accounting majors aspiring to become management accountants learn how to design and operate information systems that create value for their organizations. The entire book blends contemporary theory and the latest research in management accounting with practical applications and actual company experiences. It contains many new, current company experiences and case examples that depict how actual businesses are applying the concepts discussed e.g., Microsoft's Windows '95. This book shows how managerial accounting information is used in the decision making process in manufacturing, service, and government/not-for-profit organizations. It offers a business management rather than an accounting perspective throughout, and explores managerial concerns beyond the common boundaries of product costing .Uses extensive examples drawn from real-world organizations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273769987
• ISBN 13: 9780273769989
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 552