Book, Management Accounting Information for Decision Making 4/15[LS]

This fourth edition, a translation of the sixth edition published in the United States, has undergone major reformulation and presents several new topics. Provides problems and cases based on the authors' practical experience, including cases from Harvard Business School and the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), which engage students in strategic and organizational analysis. This action orientation makes the text excellent for Management Accounting taught from a decision-making perspective. The book integrates the most up-to-date thinking on recent innovations in management accounting, including: Balanced Scorecard; strategic maps; time-oriented activity-based costing for customer and product profitability analysis; target costing; environmental costing; and design of management control systems. The team of authors is made up of prominent academics who work as consultants for small, medium, and large companies in the private sectors, non-profit organizations, and public institutions. His texts present a conceptually consistent and practical perspective on the role of management accounting in informing the important decisions made by managers, aligning employees and organizational units with strategic objectives, driving continuous process improvements, and influencing the design of products and services. Textbook for the Management Accounting discipline of undergraduate Accounting and Administration courses. Further reading for MBA programs as well as managers who will benefit from understanding how to mobilize management accounting to drive value in their organizations.