E-grāmata: Routledge Companion to Cost Management [Taylor & Francis e-book]

Instructors of accounting and management describe and explore the main contemporary developments in managing costs, examine research activity undertaken on the various aspects of cost management, and assess possibilities for future development. They cover cost control issues, cost management and decision making, inter-organizational cost management perspectives, and strategy and cost management. Among specific topics are information and communication technology systems and cost management, specifying conditions for cost systems generating relevant decision-making costs, the dynamics of management accounting and control systems, cost management and the provision of support services in large organizations, and methodologies for managing performance measures. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Over the last two decades, cost management has been an area of dynamic change and development. This is evident in the extensive inventory of new, high-profile techniques that have emerged.

With cost management now firmly established as a distinct sub-discipline within management accounting, The Routledge Companion to Cost Management is a timely reference volume covering both practical developments and research in this area. Topics covered include:

• Cost control issues
• Cost analysis and decision making
• Cost management systems
• Environmental cost management

With chapters from an international team of contributors, this prestigious companion will prove an indispensible addition to any library with aspirations of keeping up-to-date with the world of accounting.