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For MBA-level managerial accounting courses. An essential tool for understanding how to make effective economicdecisions. In today’s troubled economy, it’s important to show students howmanagerial decisions can affect business costs. Introduction toManagement Accounting helps to enhance students’ ability to makeeffective economic decisions by encouraging them to understand theinner-workings of the concepts, rather than solely focusing on techniquememorization. Overall, this text describes both theory and common practices ina way that will help students produce information that’s useful in day-to-daydecision-making. Cover Title Page Copyright About the Authors Brief Contents Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part 1: Focus on Decision Making Chapter 1. Managerial Accounting, the Business Organization, and Professional Ethics Starbucks Management Accounting and Your Career Roles of Accounting Information Management by Exception Cost-Benefit and Behavioral Considerations Planning and Control for Product Life Cycles and the Value Chain Accounting’s Position in the Organization Adaptation to Change Ethical Conduct for Professional Accountants Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 2. Introduction to Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships Airbus Identifying Activities, Resources, Costs, and Cost Drivers Variable-Cost and Fixed-Cost Behavior Cost Behavior: Further Considerations Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Additional Uses of CVP Analysis Contribution Margin and Gross Margin Appendix 2A: Sales-Mix Analysis Appendix 2B: Impact of Income Taxes Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 3. Measurement of Cost Behavior Accor S.A. Cost Drivers and Cost Behavior Management Influence on Cost Behavior Cost Functions Methods of Measuring Cost Functions Appendix 3: Applying and Interpreting Least-Squares Regression Regression Analysis Procedures Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 4. Cost Management Systems and Activity-Based Costing Dell Cost Management Systems Cost Accounting Systems Cost Terms Used for Strategic Decision Making and Operational Control Purposes Cost Terms Used for External Reporting Purposes Traditional and Activity-Based Cost Accounting Systems Activity-Based Management: A Cost Management System Tool Appendix 4: Detailed Illustration of Traditional and Activity-Based Cost Accounting Systems Design of an Activity-Based Cost Accounting System Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 5. Relevant Information for Decision Making with a Focus on Pricing Decisions Grand Canyon Railway The Concept of Relevance Pricing Special Sales Orders Basic Principles for Pricing Decisions Influences on Pricing in Practice Cost-Plus Pricing Target Costing Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 6. Relevant Information for Decision Making with a Focus on Operational Decisions Nantucket Nectars Analyzing Relevant Information: Focusing on the Future and Differential Attributes Make-or-Buy Decisions Deletion or Addition of Products, Services, or Departments Optimal Use of Limited Resources: Product-Mix Decisions Joint Product Costs: Sell or Process Further Decisions Keeping or Replacing Equipment Identify Irrelevant or Misspecified Costs Conflicts Between Decision Making and Performance Evaluation Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Part 2: Accounting for Planning and Control Chapter 7. Introduction to Budgets and Preparing the Master Budget Ritz-Carlton Budgets and the Organization Types of Budgets Preparing the Master Budget Budgets as Financial Planning Models Appendix 7: Use of Spreadsheet Models for Sensitivity Analysis Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 8. Flexible Budgets and Variance Analysis McDonald’s Using Budgets and Variances to Evaluate Results Revenue and Cost Variances The Role of Standards in Determining Variances Finding Explanations for Variances More Detailed Analysis of Flexible-Budget Variances Overhead Variances Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 9. Management Control Systems and Responsibility Accounting Health Net Management Control Systems Management Control Systems and Organizational Goals Designing Management Control Systems Controllability and Measurement of Financial Performance Measurement of Nonfinancial Performance The Balanced Scorecard Management Control Systems in Service, Government, and Nonprofit Organizations Future of Management Control Systems Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 10. Management Control in Decentralized Organizations Nike Centralization Versus Decentralization Performance Metrics and Management Control Measures of Segment Performance Economic Profit and Economic Value Added (EVA) Incentives from Income, ROI, or Economic Profit Transfer Pricing Keys to Successful Management Control Systems Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Part 3: Capital Budgeting Chapter 11. Capital Budgeting Toyota Motor Corporation Capital Budgeting for Programs or Projects Discounted-Cash-Flow Models Sensitivity Analysis and Risk Assessment in DCF Models The NPV Comparison of Two Projects Relevant Cash Flows Income Tax Effects Other Models for Analyzing Long-Range Decisions Performance Evaluation Appendix 11: Capital Budgeting and Inflation Watch for Consistency Role of Depreciation Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Part 4: Product Costing Chapter 12. Cost Allocation H.L. Display A General Framework for Cost Allocation Allocation of Service Department Costs Allocation of Costs to Product or Service Cost Objects An ABC Approach Allocation of Costs to Customer Cost Objects to Determine Customer Profitability Allocation of Central Corporate Support Costs Allocation of Joint Costs and By-Product Costs Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 13. Accounting for Overhead Costs Dell Accounting for Factory Overhead Illustration of Overhead Application Problems of Overhead Application Variable Versus Absorption Costing Fixed Overhead and Absorption Costs of Product Effect of Other Variances Appendix 13: Comparisons of Production-Volume Variance with Other Variances Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 14. Job-Order Costing and Process-Costing Systems Jelly Belly Distinction Between Job-Order Costing and Process Costing Illustration of Job Costing Activity-Based Costing/Management in a Job-Costing Environment Job Costing in Service and Nonprofit Organizations Process Costing Basics Application of Process Costing Physical Units and Equivalent Units (Steps 1 and 2) Calculation of Product Costs (Steps 3 to 5) Effects of Beginning Inventories: Weighted-Average Method Transferred-In Costs Costing in a JIT System: Backflush Costing Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Part 5: Basic Financial Accounting Chapter 15. Basic Accounting: Concepts, Techniques, and Conventions Intel Corporation The Need for Accounting Financial Statements—Balance Sheet and Income Statement Accrual Basis and Cash Basis Adjustments to the Accounts Adjustment Type I: Expiration of Unexpired Costs Adjustment Type II: Recognition (Earning) of Unearned Revenues Adjustment Type III: Accrual of Unrecorded Expenses Adjustment Type IV: Accrual of Unrecorded Revenues Dividends and Retained Earnings Preparing Financial Statements Sole Proprietorships and Partnerships Generally Accepted Accounting Principles Three Measurement Principles Appendix 15A: Additional Accounting Concepts The Continuity or Going Concern Convention Relevance and Faithful Representation Materiality Conservatism Convention Cost-Benefit Criterion Appendix 15B: Using Ledger Accounts The Account General Ledger Debits and Credits Accounting Vocabulary Assignment Material Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 16. Understanding Corporate Annual Reports: Basic Financial Statements Nike Classified Balance Sheet Income Statement Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity Statement of Cash Flows Cash Flow from Operating Activities Interpreting the Cash Flow Statement Annual Reports Appendix 16A: Accounting for Inventory Four Major Inventory Methods Appendix 16B: Shareholder Reporting, Income Tax Reporting, and Deferred Taxes Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Chapter 17. Understanding and Analyzing Consolidated Financial Statements Berkshire Hathaway Part One: Intercorporate Investments Including Consolidations Market-Value and Equity Methods Consolidated Financial Statements Recognizing Income after Acquisition Part Two: Analysis of Financial Statements Component Percentages Uses of Ratios Efficient Markets and Investor Decisions Accounting Vocabulary Fundamental Assignment Material Additional Assignment Material Appendix A: Recommended Readings Periodicals Books in Management Accounting Online Resources Appendix B: Fundamentals of Compound Interest and the Use of Present-Value Tables The Nature of Interest Appendix C: Excerpts from Form 10-K of NIKE, Inc. Part 1 Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm NIKE, Inc., Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Glossary Subject Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Z Company Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X This is an essential tool that enhances a manager's ability to make effective economic decisions. 'Introduction to Management Accounting' describes both theory and common practices so students understand how to produce information that's useful in day-to-day decision making. For MBA-level managerial accounting courses. An essential tool for understanding how to make effective economicdecisions. 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