Management accounting / Pauline Weetman.

Includes index.

Pt. 1. Defining, reporting and managing costs -- 1. What is management accounting? -- 2. Classification of costs -- 3. Materials and labour costs -- 4. Overhead costs -- 5. Absorption costing and marginal costing -- 6. Job costing -- 7. Recording transactions in a job-costing system -- 8. Process costing -- Pt. 2. Decision making -- 9. Short-term decision making -- 10. Relevant costs, pricing and decisions under uncertainty -- 11. Capital investment appraisal -- 12. Capital budgeting applications -- Pt. 3. Performance measurement and control -- 13. Preparing a budget -- 14. Control through budgeting -- 15. Standard costs -- 16. Performance evaluation and feedback reporting -- 17. Divisional performance -- Pt. 4. Financial management and strategic planning -- 18. Financial management: working capital and business plans -- 19. Business strategy and management accounting -- Appendix I: Quick check list: A glossary of management accounting terms -- Appendix II:Solutions to numerical and technical questions.

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