This resource presents the key accounting concepts that managers must know in order to make informed decisions. The fourth edition includes expanded Incremental Measurement and You Get What You Measure sections in each chapter. These hallmark features help them focus on real issues. New demo problems have been added as well to show how the concepts are applied. The end-of-chapter problems and Links to Practice sections have been revised and updated to connect the techniques to the business world. Case studies also enable managers to gain critical and applied thinking skills that are especially important in today’s competitive environment.
A second disadvantage is that participative budgeting can foster budgetary “gaming” through budgetary slack. Budgetary slack occurs when managers intentionally underestimate budgeted revenues or overestimate budgeted expenses in order ...
As the long-time best-seller, Garrison has helped guide close to 3 million students through managerial accounting since it was first published. It identifies the three functions managers must perform within...
Known for its "You Get What You Measure" framework, this edition presents an updated focus on building students' decision-making and critical thinking skills through incremental analysis and data analytics coverage.
... Walsh College Don Foster, Tacoma Community College Amy Fredin, St. Cloud State University Peter Frischmann, ... University of North Alabama Jason Lee, SUNY—Plattsburgh Bruce Leung, City College of San Francisco William Link, ...
Managerial Accounting 101 get a taste of what managerial accounting is, why it's important, and the important aspects of accounting that every businessperson needs to know The world of costs discover the nature of different kinds of costs, ...
Objectives of Management Accounting
Written by Douglas DeVidal. Contains chapter focus suggestions, read and recall questions, and self-test questions.
Its manageable chapters and clear presentation point students toward understanding, just as the needle of the compass provides direction to travelers. However, the book's authors also understand that everyone's destination may be different.
Some of the authors (such as Porter, Miles and Snow, and Mintzberg) most widely cited in management accounting and management literature have provided definitions of business (competitive) strategy.6 However, these definitions address ...
This new edition continues this tradition, but also focuses more attention on those concepts that will help future managers in business: organizational strategy, planning and control.