Management accounting : an introduction /
Pauline Weetman.
- Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2006.
- 584 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1 Defining, reporting and managing costs 1 What is management accounting? 2. Classification of costs 3 Materials and labour costs 4 Overhead costs 5 Absorption costing and marginal costing 6 Job costing 7 Recording transactions in a job costing system 8 Process costing Part 2 Decision making 9 Short-term decision making 10 Relevant costs, pricing, and decisions under uncertainty 11 Capital investment appraisal 12 Capital budgeting applications Part 3 Performance measurement and control 13 Preparing a budget 14 Control through budgeting 15 Standard costs 16 Performance evaluation and feedback reporting 17 Divisional performance Part 4 Financial management and strategic planning 18 Financial management: working capital and business plans 19 Business strategy and management accounting Appendix I: Quick check list: A glossary of management accounting terms Appendix II:Solutions to numerical and technical questions in Management Accounting
This text on management accounting looks at topics such as defining, reporting and managing costs, decision making, performance measurement and control, and financial management and strategic planning.