Managerial Accounting not only introduces you to the fundamental tools of managerial accounting but also provides the insights you need in order to understand the ways in which this field is evolving. This text gives you a firm grounding in the wide-ranging concepts of managerial accounting, showing their relevance to the overall management process.

Table of Contents:
PART I: FUNDAMENTALS AND COST-ACCUMULATIONS SYSTEMS Chapter 1 The Changing Role of Managerial Accounting in a Dynamic Business Environment Chapter 2 Basic Cost Management Concepts and Accounting for Mass Customization Operations Chapter 3 Product Costing and Cost Accumulation in a Batch Production Environment Chapter 4 Process Costing and Hybrid Product-Costing Systems PART II: COST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, ACTIVITY-BASED COSTING, AND ACTIVITY-BASED MANAGEMENT Chapter 5 Activity-Based Costing Chapter 6 Activity-Based Management and Cost Management Tools PART III: PLANNING, CONTROL, AND COST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Chapter 7 Activity Analysis, Cost Behavior, and Cost Estimation Chapter 8 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Chapter 9 Profit Planning, Activity-Based Budgeting, and e-Budgeting Chapter 10 Standard Costing, Operational Performance Measures and the Balanced Scorecard Chapter 11 Flexible Budgeting and the Management of Overhead and Support Activity Costs Chapter 12 Responsibility Accounting, Quality Control and Environmental Cost Management Chapter 13 Investment Centers and Transfer Pricing PART: IV SELECTED TOPICS FOR FURTHER STUDY Chapter 14 Decision Making: Relevant Costs and Benefits Chapter 15 Target Costing and Cost Analysis for Pricing Decisions Chapter 16 Capital Expenditure Decisions PART: V SELECTED TOPICS FOR FURTHER STUDY Chapter 17 Absorption, Variable and Throughput Costing Chapter 18 Allocation of Support Activity Costs and Joint Costs Appendix I The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Internal Controls, and Management Accounting Appendix II Compound Interest and the Concept of Present Value Appendix III Inventory Management References for In their Own Words Glossary Photo Credits Index of Companies and Organizations Index of Subjects