Performance Measurement and Management: A Strategic Approach to Management Accounting

Performance Measurement and Management: A Strategic Approach to Management Accounting
ISBN-10
1412907640
ISBN-13
9781412907644
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
316
Language
English
Published
2005-04-09
Publisher
SAGE
Author
Malcolm Smith

Description

Management accountancy has a dynamic role to play in the competitive strategy of modern global businesses. This book sets out key strategic principles and then assesses how management accountancy can affect and direct these strategies. Engaging case studies reveal how theories and concepts translate into real business practice. Throughout, the book emphasizes: - how accounting initiatives can trigger assessment and improvement of performance management - the importance of managerial decision making to good business practice - how today's management accountancy measures against current research Written for advanced undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA students taking courses on management accounting and performance measurement and management, the book will be also of interest to management and business consultants, professional accountants and accounting academics.

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