Handbook of Management Accounting

ISBN: 1845040104
Pub date: 03/06/04
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: England, Scotland & Wales
Readership: UK

Summary

The Handbook of Management Accounting takes you through methods of practice that will work for your organisation, whatever its size or business field. What’s more, the handbook’s breadth of coverage means that within the book you will find all the information and management tools you need to supply excellent management accounting reports.

The Handbook also includes demonstrations of the latest management techniques across a wide range of industries and clear explanations of new trends in management accounting theory and practice.

Customer Profile - Management accountants

How this product will help this customer - Provides accurate info on providing reports, forecasting and planning support to the management team.

Key Features and Benefits

Features
All the important Management Accounting information in one source - Save time searching for information
Practical guidance on the plans you need to implement - Can be applied directly to real business situations
Authors are leading experts - Confidence in the quality of information
Case studies to identify problem areas - Prevent future problems
Extensive cross-referencing - Save time searching for information

Contents

• Introduction
  1. Introduction
  2. Strategic Management Accounting
  
  
• Planning
  1. Management accounting and the ‘New Finance’ Function
  2. Strategic Financial Management
  3. Competitor Analysis
  4. Research and Development
  5. Performance Measurement
  6. Budgeting
  7. The Euro
  8. Cash Budgeting and Management
  9. Capital Budgeting
  10. Zero-based Budgeting
  11. Activity-based Budgeting
  12. Change in Management Accounting
  
  
• Costings
  1. Standard Costing
  2. Quality Costing
  3. Product Life Cycle Costing
  4. Contract Costing
  5. Activity-based Costing
  6. Energy Costing
  7. Target Costing
  8. Functional Costing
  9. Cost tables
  
  
• Decision Making
  1. Cost Management
  2. Activity-based Cost Management
  3. Using Priority-based Information
  4. Business Process Re-engineering
  5. Implementing ABC in a service-driven Business – DHL Worldwide Express
  6. Throughput Accounting
  7. Environmental-related Management Accounting
  8. Pricing
  9. Outsourcing and Subcontracting
  10. Value Chain Analysis
  11. Management Accounting for New Product Design and Development
  12. Management Accounting and Human Resource Management
  
  
• Control
  1. Financial Control
  2. Management Control
  3. Financial Performance Measurement
  4. Tableaux de Bord
  5. Control in Computer-based Systems
  6. Benchmarking
  7. Implementing a Balanced Performance Measurement System
  8. Information Management