Management Accounting
for Non-specialists
3rd Edition


By Peter Atrill & Eddie McLaney
May 2002
ISBN: 0-273-65591-4
403 pages, illustrated
$79.50 paper original

OUT OF PRINT


Management Accounting for Non-specialists follows in the vein of other texts in the Atrill and McLaney series, presenting the key concepts of management accounting without going into too much unnecessary technical detail. Unlike many specialist texts in this area, for example Drury and Horngren, whose primary focus is on the preparation of accounts, this text demonstrates how accounting information can be used to make strategic management decisions.

Features
The third edition has been updated throughout and retains the following features: Open-learning approach with numerous activities, worked examples and questions interspersed throughout the text, allowing the student to test their understanding as they progress through the book..

This approach makes it an ideal text for self-study. Practical, non-technical content combined with a student-friendly writing style make this a truly accessible introduction for the non-specialist reader.. Focus on decision-making making it more relevant for students who are going to become managers in a general sense, rather than accountants.

Contents
1. Introduction to Management Accounting 2. Relevant Costs 3. Cost Volume Profit Analysis 4. Full Costing 5. Alternative Costing Methods and Pricing 6. Budgeting 7. Accounting for control 8. Capital Investment Decisions 9. The Management of Working Capital 10. Measuring and Controlling Divisional Performance Solutions Index

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