A direct, realistic, and efficient way to learn cost accounting. Fundamentals is short (608 pages) making it easy to cover in one semester. The authors have kept the text concise by focusing on the key concepts students need to master. Opening vignettes and In Action boxes show realistic applications of these concepts throughout. Comprehensive end-of-chapter problems plus Homework Manager provide students with all the practice they need to fully learn each concept.
Table of contents:
Brief Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making
Chapter 2: Cost Concepts and Behavior
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Cost Analysis for Decision Making
Chapter 5: Cost Estimation
Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Product and Service Costing
Chapter 7: Job Costing
Chapter 8: Process Costing
Chapter 9: Activity-Based Costing
Chapter 10: Fundamentals of Cost Management
Chapter 11: Service Department and Joint Cost Allocation
Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Management Control Systems
Chapter 13: Planning and Budgeting
Chapter 14: Business Unit Performance Measurement
Chapter 15: Transfer Pricing
Chapter 16: Fundamentals of Variance Analysis
Chapter 17: Additional Topics in Variance Analysis
Chapter 18: Nonfinancial and Multiple Measures of Performance
Appendix: Capital Investment Decisions: An Overview
Table of contents:
Brief Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making
Chapter 2: Cost Concepts and Behavior
Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Cost Analysis for Decision Making
Chapter 5: Cost Estimation
Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Product and Service Costing
Chapter 7: Job Costing
Chapter 8: Process Costing
Chapter 9: Activity-Based Costing
Chapter 10: Fundamentals of Cost Management
Chapter 11: Service Department and Joint Cost Allocation
Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Management Control Systems
Chapter 13: Planning and Budgeting
Chapter 14: Business Unit Performance Measurement
Chapter 15: Transfer Pricing
Chapter 16: Fundamentals of Variance Analysis
Chapter 17: Additional Topics in Variance Analysis
Chapter 18: Nonfinancial and Multiple Measures of Performance
Appendix: Capital Investment Decisions: An Overview