Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis

Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis

Edward Blocher McGraw-Hill/Irwin 4th Edition ISBN: 9780073128153 E-ISBN: 9780077244187
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Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis, by Blocher/Stout/Cokins/Chen is the first cost accounting text to offer integrated coverage of strategic management topics in cost accounting. The text is written to help students understand more about management and the role of cost accounting in helping an organization succeed. This text aims to teach management concepts and methods, and to demonstrate how managers use cost management information to make better decisions and improve their organization’s competitiveness. In teaching these key management skills, the text takes on a strategic focus. It addresses issues such as: How does a firm compete? What type of cost management information is needed for a firm to succeed? How does the management accountant develop and present this information? This text helps students learn why, when, and how cost information is used to make effective decisions that lead a firm to success. Students that choose the VitalBook version of this title have access to powerful digital learning tools. Students can share notes with others, customize the appearance and layout of the content, and organize all their digital course materials from a single program. VitalSource is a downloadable eBook. Students can install their eBook on up to two machines. Students can also print sections of the book for maximum portability.

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Table of Contents

  • Front Matter
  • CHAPTER ONE Cost Management and Strateg y: An Overview
  • CHAPTER TWO Implementing Strategy: The Balanced Scorecard and the Value Chain
  • CHAPTER THREE Basic Cost Management Concepts
  • CHAPTER FOUR Job Costing
  • CHAPTER FIVE Activity-Based Costing and Management
  • CHAPTER SIX Cost Estimation
  • CHAPTER SEVEN Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
  • CHAPTER EIGHT Strategy and the Master Budget
  • CHAPTER NINE Decision Making with Relevant Costs and a Strategic Emphasis
  • CHAPTER TEN Cost Planning for the Product Life Cycle: Target Costing, Theory of Constraints, and Strategic Pricing
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN Process Costing
  • CHAPTER TWELVE Cost Allocation: Service Departments and Joint Product Costs
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Flexible Budget and Standard Costing: Direct Materials and Direct Labor
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Flexible Budget: OPERATIONAL CONTROL
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Flexible Budget: Further Analysis of Productivity and Sales
  • CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Management and Control of Quality
  • CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Management Control and Strategic Performance Measurement
  • CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Strategic Investment Units and Transfer Pricing
  • CHAPTER NINETEEN Management Compensation, Business Analysis, and Business Valuation
  • CHAPTER TWENTY Capital Budgeting
  • PRESENT VALUE TABLES
  • GLOSSARY
  • INDEX

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