Management accounting: text, problems and cases

Preface to the Eighth Edition Preface to the First Edition Part 1 Background Chapter 1 Nature of Management Accounting Part 2 Financial Accounting Chapter 2 Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Accounting Standards Chapter 3 Accounting Cycle and Statements of Financial Information Chapter 4 Understanding Corporate Financial Statements and Reports PART 3 Financial Analysis Chapter 5 Statement of Cash Flows Chapter 6 Financial Statements Analysis PART 4 Cost Accumulation Chapter 7 Cost Concepts and Management Needs Chapter 8 Costing and Control of Materials Chapter 9 Costing and Control of Labour Chapter 10 Costing and Control of Factory (Manufacturing) Overheads Chapter 11 Costing and Control of Administrative, Selling and Distribution Chapter 12 Activity Based Costing System Chapter 13 Job-order, Batch and Service Costing Chapter 14 Process, Joint and By-product Costing Chapter 15 Variable Costing and Absorption PART 5 Profit Planning Chapter 16 Volume-Cost-Profit Analysis Chapter 17 Budgeting and Profit Planning PART 6 Cost Control Chapter 18 Standard Costs and Quality Costs Chapter 19 Cost Variances Analysis Chapter 20 Revenue and Profit Variance Analysis Chapter 21 Responsibility Accounting 2 Chapter 22 Balanced Scorecard PART 7 Decision-Making Chapter 23 Short-run Decision Analysis Chapter 24 Capital Budgeting

Management Accounting, now in its eighth edition, continues to offer its readers an in-depth analysis regarding usage of accounting information for financial analysis, profit planning, cost control and decision- making. The authors have adopted an exceptional outcome-based learning approach to provide a comprehensive analysis of the concepts, theories and techniques of management in a simple yet lucid style. This book will be suitable for the students and teachers of management and finance, commerce and accounting discipline as well as for practicing managers.