TY - BOOK AU - McWatters,Cheryl S. AU - Zimmerman,Jerold L. AU - Morse,Dale TI - Management accounting: analysis and interpretation SN - 9780273712473 (pbk.) : AV - H5657.4 .M67 2008 U1 - 658.15 MCW PY - 2008/// CY - Harlow PB - Financial Times Prentice Hall KW - Managerial accounting KW - Business and Management KW - ukslc KW - Cost accounting KW - thema KW - Management accounting & bookkeeping N1 - Previous ed.: 2001; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Organisations and Accounting 2. Measuring and analysing activity costs (Planning) 3. Measuring and analysing product costs (Planning) 4. Managing activities (Strategy and Planning) 5. Short term decisions and constraints (Planning) 6. Managing organisations (Strategy and Control) 7. Decentralised organisations (Control) 8. Budgeting (Planning and Control) 9. Cost allocations (Planning and Control) 10. Absorption costing systems (Planning and Control) 11. Variable costing and capacity costs (Planning and Control) 12. Standard Costs and Variance Analysis (Control) 13. Investment decisions (Planning) 14. End Matter - thoughts on business analysis, answers to concept reviews N2 - This book provides students and managers with an understanding and appreciation of the strengths and limitations of an organisation's accounting system. A key goal of the book is to allow them to be intelligent and critical users of the system ER -