Emphasizing the importance of managerial accounting for communication and decision-making, this textbook focuses on product costing, control, measurement, and evaluation. Specific chapters discuss cost categorization and cost flow, unit costs, cost measurement, cost allocation and business strategy, budgets, performance evaluation, decision control and decentralization, capital investments, internal control, service organization, and the Japanese perspective. The authors teach at the University of Alabama and Indiana University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Unlike any other text, Ingram presents managerial accounting as a crucial communication tool for management decision making. Additionally, students learn that service-oriented and product-oriented organizations apply similar approaches to gain accurate, timely information. Throughout the book, managerial accounting is viewed as a key component of multi-disciplinary management-with accountants working as part of a team to resolve questions of costing, pricing, and production.
Unlike any other text, Ingram presents managerial accounting as a crucial communication tool for management decision making. Additionally, students learn that service-oriented and product-oriented organizations apply similar approaches to gain accurate, timely information. Throughout the book, managerial accounting is viewed as a key component of multi-disciplinary managementwith accountants working as part of a team to resolve questions of costing, pricing, and production.
