Costing

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text is adapted from Drury's Management and Cost Accounting, and is tailored to the needs of a one-year course. It should be of interest to professional and undergraduate students taking a first course in costing, cost management, management accounting or cost and management accounting.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part 1 Introduction to Management and Cost Accounting
• 1 The Scope of Management Accounting
• 2 Cost and Revenue Classification
• Part 2 Cost Accumulation for Stock Valuation and Profit Measurement
• 3 Accounting for Materials and Labour
• 4 Accounting for Overhead Expenditure
• 5 Accounting Entries for a Job Costing System
• 6 Process Costing
• 7 Joint Product and By-product Costing
• 8 Absorption Costing and Variable Costing
• Part 3 Information for Decision-Making
• 9 Cost Volume-Profit Analysis
• 10 Special Studies: Measuring Relevant Costs for Decision-Making
• 11 Activity-Based Costing
• 12 Capital Investment Decisions
• Part 4 Information for Planning and Control
• 13 The Budgeting Process
• 14 Operational Control and Performance Measurement
• 15 Standard Costing and Variance Analyses
• 16 Planning and Control of Stock Levels
• Part 5 Current Developments In Management Accounting
• 17 Current Developments in Management Accounting