Managerial accounting for business decisions / Ray Proctor.

Previous ed.: published as Managerial accounting for decision makers. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1.Foundations -- 1.Cost behaviour -- 2.The difference between profit and cash -- Part 2.Financial management -- 3.Ratio analysis and financial management -- 4.Working capital management -- Part 3.Decision making -- 5.Variable costing and breakeven analysis -- 6.Short-term decisions using variable costing -- 7.Short-term decisioins using relevant costing -- 8.Captial investment appraisal for long-term decisions -- Part 4.Product costing and pricing -- 10.Product costs using activity-based costing -- 11.Comparison of profits under absorption and variable costing -- 12.Pricing your products -- 13.Divisional performance and transfer pricing -- Part 5.Budgetary control -- 14.Budgets and their creation -- 15.Using budgets to control operations -- Part 6.Strategy implementation and performance mangement -- 16.Strateigc management accounting and performance indicators -- 17.Business performance management -- 18.Non-for-profit organisations -- 19.Current issues in management accounting.

The objective of this book is to make you a better manager by enabling you to understand and apply managerial accounting techniques effectively. The main topics are discussed in a logical order, often accompanied by an illustration of how each technique is applied. Answers to questions are given at the end of each chapter.