Management accountant's standard desk reference
By: Jae K. Shim
Publisher: Global Professional Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781906403072
Subjects: Managerial accounting
Description: The Management Accountant's Standard Desk Reference is a working guide that will assist practitioners in quickly pinpointing and solving problems. They'll learn what to look for, what to do, and when and how to do it. The measures, guidelines, ratios, formulas, procedures, techniques, and rules of thumb included will provide solutions to virtually any managerial accounting-related problems that arise in practice. Above all, this is a practical, comprehensive desk reference. Designed for the experienced managerial accountant, this book is organized with ease of use in mind. It is a valuable reference tool with outlines, checklists, illustrations, step-by-step instructions, charts, sample documents, and other how- to's. Among the areas covered: cost behavior; cost estimation; zero-base budgeting; capital budgeting; cost management and cost accumulation systems; cost concepts and accounting systems; quantitative methods and financial statement analysis; internal auditing and control; and forensic accounting.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to management accounting; title: Cost classification and profit concepts; title: Accumulation of costs; title: job order costing; title: Activity-based costing and activity-based management; title: Break-even and cost-volume-profit analysis; title: Analysis of cost behavior and cost estimation; title: Budgeting for profit planning and financial modeling; title: Responsibility accounting and cost control through standard costs; title: Performance evaluation, transfer pricing and decentralization; title: Relevant costs and short-term decisions; title: Long-term investment and capital budgeting decisions; title: A further look at capital budgeting financial tables.