Strategic Management Accounting - Hardcover

Ward, Keith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138139815 ISBN 13: 9781138139817

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

* Challenging and provocative book * Shows how management accounting techniques can be integrated into the strategic decision making process * Extensive use of practical examples from a variety of contexts.An introduction to business strategy for management accountants, financial accountants or managers with an accounting orientation. The book places management accounting clearly within the context of strategic management of the business. Offers qualified accountants a sound introduction to strategic management, and with practical examples and mini-cases provided throughout, this book is comprehensive yet concise.

Keith Ward addresses strategic management accounting as a continuous process of analysis, planning and control. Management accounting is about supplying the right information to the right people at the right time, and this can only be expressed in the context of the business strategy and strategic plan. The implementation of appropriate management accounting systems to complement different strategies is discussed in detail. Applications and examples include multinational organizations, non-profit organizations and varying organizational structures. Finally the author covers methods of using management accounting for strategic advantage.

About this title

About the Author:

Keith Ward is at the Cranfield School of Management.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138139815
• ISBN 13: 9781138139817
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320