Management Accounting for Decision Makers with MyAccountingLab access card (7e)

Designed to help you study, Management Accounting for Decision Makers is praised for its clear, accessible and uncluttered style. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the main principles of management accounting, with a strong practical emphasis and avoiding excessive technical detail. It has a clear and unequivocal focus on how accounting information can be used to improve the quality of decision making by managers, providing the perfect grounding for the decision makers of the future.

This pack is comprised of a copy of Management Accounting for Decision Makers 7e and an access card with code which will enable students to take advantage of the extra support available in MyAccountingLab.  Visit www.myaccountinglab.com to learn more.

Contents

1. Introduction to management accounting
2. Relevant costs for decision making
3. Cost-volume-profit analysis
4. Full costing
5. Costing and pricing in a competitive environment
6. Budgeting
7. Accounting for control
8. Making capital investment decisions
9. Strategic management accounting
10. Measuring performance
11. Managing working capital

Appendix A: Glossary of key terms
Appendix B: Solutions to self-assessment questions
Appendix C: Solutions to review questions
Appendix D: Solutions to selected exercises
Appendix E: Present value table
Index

• An increase in the number of real world examples to strengthen the links between theory and practice

• More diagrams and graphs to illustrate key points

• Increased coverage of costing issues

• Increased coverage of methods for competing in the new competitive environment

• Numerous activities and exercises enable you to constantly test your understanding and reinforce learning.
• Lively and relevant examples from the real world demonstrate the practical application and value of concepts and techniques learnt.
• Interactive ‘open-learning’ style is ideal for self-study.
• Decision-making focus on the use of accounting information rather than the preparation is highly appropriate for business managers.
• Full range of topical examples from the service sector, public sector and manufacturing industry.
• Key terms, glossary and bulleted summaries are excellent revision aids.
• Fully supported by MyAccountingLab - which for this new edition now includes multimedia case studies.

Peter Atrill is a freelance academic and author working with leading institutions in the UK, Europe and SE Asia. He was previously Head of Business and Management at the University of Plymouth Business School.

Eddie McLaney is Visiting Fellow in Accounting and Finance at the University of Plymouth.