The SAGE Course Companion on Management Accounting is an accessible introduction to the subject that will help readers extend their understanding of key concepts and enhance their thinking skills in line with course requirements. It provides support on how to revise for exams, how to present calculations and how to prepare for and write assessed pieces. Readers are encouraged not only to think like a management accountant but also to think about the subject critically. Designed to compliment existing textbooks for the course, the companion provides: - Easy access to the key themes in Management Accounting and an over view of its business context - Helpful summaries of the approach taken by the main textbooks on the course - Guidance on the essential study skills required to pass the course - Sample exam questions and answers, with common pitfalls to avoid - A tutor's-eye view of what course examiners are looking for - A road map for the book to help readers quickly find the information they need The SAGE Course Companion on Management Accounting is much more than a revision guide for undergraduates; it is an essential tool that will help readers take their course understanding to new levels and achieve success in their undergraduate course.
Adopting a new and accessible approach to helping readers understand management accounting, Management Accounting sets clear explanation of practical accounting techniques within the context of technical financial topics and research. Uniquely, it also examines the analytical and critical issues that often influence decision makers operating within private and public organisations. Management Accounting comes with a full range of supportive text features that include: Case studies of varying complexity that will allow students to work at their own level Summaries of important research articles Key learning objectives and end of chapter questions
Adopting a new and accessible approach to helping readers understand management accounting, Management Accounting sets clear explanation of practical accounting techniques within the context of technical financial topics and research. Uniquely, it also examines the analytical and critical issues that often influence decision makers operating within private and public organisations. Management Accounting comes with a full range of supportive text features that include: Case studies of varying complexity that will allow students to work at their own level Summaries of important research articles Key learning objectives and end of chapter questions
Advanced Management Accounting takes a refreshing look at the scope of management accounting and how strategic initiatives can be employed to improve financial performance. It argues for a focus on non-financial measures which are internal to the organization, and market-based external measures, and in doing so emphasizes the dysfunctional nature of many traditional financial accounting measures. Advanced Management Accounting looks at factors and strategies concerning the people, processes, systems, controls and innovation within the organization and illustrates their impact through numerous worked case studies relating to real situations. Current research findings are used throughout to bridge the gap between theory and practice in management accounting.
Cases in Auditing presents students with realistic problems in a case study format, which they are required to solve by applying their knowledge of auditing theory and auditing and accounting standards. The cases require the student to adapt auditing techniques to the demands of a particular situation. The author believes that structuring the book in this way gives the student an appreciation of the need for the auditor to identify the key elements of a client's business, and design an audit that is responsive to them. The Second Edition contains updated versions of 14 of the earlier cases and adds 8 new cases covering: an audit of a computerized accounting system; auditor liability; corporate governance; environmental audit; internal audit and the external auditor; ethics and independence; illegal acts by a client; and risk and audit planning. There are questions for discussion and suggestions for suitable reading for each case.
This book deals comprehensively with the elements of cost accounting, their application to costing methods, and their significance for management through budgetary control, short term decision-making, and capital budgeting. It is an extensive revision of the author's well-known costing text, and provides the student with a complete introduction to cost accounting. Relevant exercises are included at the end of each chapter, with solutions at the end of the book. These include many from recent examinations of the major professional accountancy bodies. Teachers are thus able to use their own favourite examples in lecture or class, and to refer students to other exercises for further practice. Students who are unable to attend a regular course will be able to check their work against the solutions. A series of multiple choice questions throughout the book provides a further opportunity for the student to check personal progress. Other features of the book include: a complete introduction to cost accounting; new material on capital budgeting and cost accounting for service activities; an explanation of budgetary control including behavioural aspects; and graded questions and MCQs throughout (definitions follow CIMA terminology).
