Accounting for decision making and control

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zimmerman, Jerold L. , 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill/Irwin , c2006
Edition:5th ed
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The nature of costs
  • 3. Opportunity cost of capital and capital budgeting
  • 4. Organizational architecture
  • 5. Responsibility accounting and transfer pricing
  • 6. Budgeting
  • 7. Cost allocation: theory
  • 8. Cost allocation: practices
  • 9. Absorption cost systems
  • 10. Criticisms of absorption cost systems: incentive to overproduce
  • 11. Criticisms of absorption cost systems: inaccurate product costs
  • 12. Standard costs: direct labor and materials
  • 13. Overhead and marketing variances
  • 14. Management accounting in a changing environment