Download or read book Management Accounting in Support of Strategy written by Graham S. Pitcher and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management Accounting in Support of Strategy explores how management accounting can support the strategic management process of analysis, formulation, implementation, evaluation, monitoring, and control. If the management accountant is to add value to the business they need to understand how the business works. The toolbox available to the management accountant does not just contain the accounting techniques, but also includes the strategy models and frameworks described in this book. Armed with this array of tools the management accountant is well placed to add significant value to the business. The reader will gain an understanding of the strategic management framework, strategic models and tools, and how management accounting can support the strategic management process. It will be beneficial for undergraduate and postgraduate course students studying strategy or management accounting. The book will also enable practicing accountants to understand how they can make a significant contribution to the success of their organization by demonstrating how management accounting can be used in support of strategy.
Download or read book Management Accounting in Support of Strategy written by Graham S. Pitcher and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1980's and 1990's management accounting was criticised for being too operationally focused and failing to aid strategic decision making. As a response the term strategic management accounting, along with new techniques, were promoted to address the issue. Despite the emergence of articles and books explaining the strategic management concepts and techniques, the term has not become an accepted element in the lexicon of accounting practitioners. Research, however, suggests that practitioners do use a variety of management accounting techniques to support the achievement of strategic objectives. This book, rather than just explain the techniques, takes a different approach and utilises the strategic management framework to indicate how management accounting can aid the strategic management process and hence strategic decision making. It takes the view that management accounting should aid management decision making whether it be operational, business or strategic. A range of strategy models and accounting techniques are covered in the book together with an explanation of how they can be combined to aid the analysis, development, implementation and evaluation of strategy. The book will aid students who are studying accounting courses as well as those studying courses for which business strategy forms a part of the content. There are books that cover accounting techniques, and books that cover strategy models, but few that emphatically link the two together to provide guidance on how management accounting can aid the strategic management process. The book will also benefit practitioners wishing to understand how the accountant can make a significant contribution to the strategic management of an organisation to ensure its continued success.
Download or read book Strategic Management Accounting written by Keith Ward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Challenging and provocative book * Shows how management accounting techniques can be integrated into the strategic decision making process * Extensive use of practical examples from a variety of contexts.An introduction to business strategy for management accountants, financial accountants or managers with an accounting orientation. The book places management accounting clearly within the context of strategic management of the business. Offers qualified accountants a sound introduction to strategic management, and with practical examples and mini-cases provided throughout, this book is comprehensive yet concise. Keith Ward addresses strategic management accounting as a continuous process of analysis, planning and control. Management accounting is about supplying the right information to the right people at the right time, and this can only be expressed in the context of the business strategy and strategic plan. The implementation of appropriate management accounting systems to complement different strategies is discussed in detail. Applications and examples include multinational organizations, non-profit organizations and varying organizational structures. Finally the author covers methods of using management accounting for strategic advantage.
Download or read book Strategic Management Accounting written by Wing Sun Li and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as a guide to strategic management accounting. It introduces new and useful concepts on how to collect, analyse, and evaluate options to enable managers to steer corporate directions and write strategic plans for the long-term success of the corporation. Starting with basic techniques and the latest strategic management approaches, the book then presents cases that show the techniques employed step by step. By demonstrating how easily the ideas can be translated into action, it is a valuable resource for business practitioners, as well as for students taking advanced management accounting courses.
Download or read book Controlling Strategy written by Christopher S. Chapman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-06-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideas about the role of management accounting systems in a firm's strategy have changed in recent years, and this book explores the ways in which this has happened. Management control systems have frequently been seen as irrelevant to strategy, or even damaging. Controlling Strategy draws out the various ways in which management control systems can build and sustain valuable strategic roles. The book explores topics such as: *Strategic measurement; *Strategic data analysis; *The Balanced Scorecard; *Capital budgeting; *Strategy coordination; Written as an introduction to the strategic role of management control systems Controlling Strategy provides a synthesis of important work in the fields of strategy and management accounting. Academics and Advanced Students of Accounting, Strategy, or Management Studies will find the book an indispensable guide to this area.
Download or read book Strategic Managerial Accounting A Primer for the IT Professional written by Gopal Saxena and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, probably the first written from the perspective of software professionals, attempts to introduce them to the mysteries of strategic managerial accounting (SMA). The common view in the industry is that "accounting is for the accountants", despite the fact that IT professionals are regularly confronted by financial situations such as project pricing, performance measurement, risk estimation, costs allocation etc. While it is desirable and even necessary that every proposal be vetted by respective specialists, the speed and reliability of the process could improve if the people who originate the proposal had knowledge of the fundamentals that go into the decision making. Unfortunately most books on management accounting, whether strategic or otherwise, are written from the perspective of the manufacturing industry. The IT and services industry on the other hand has a unique cost structure, quite distinct from manufacturing, which needs to be dealt with from a different perspective. This book focuses on SMA in context of the IT software industry, and seeks to equip the IT professional with some basics of SMA to assist them in making more informed decisions.
Download or read book Strategic Business Management written by Gary Cokins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting core theories alongside practical applications, this publication will help students understand how to effectively move an organization toward strategic goals. Author Gary Cokins uses his deep knowledge of the subject matter to deliver an easy-to-follow road map to effective and strategic management through: Establishing the integral links between planning and performance Demonstrating how risk management and performance assessment impact planning Applying business analytics and Big Data in the finance and accounting functions as well as marketing, sales, operations and other functions Evaluating the effectiveness of a strategy map and the balanced scorecard as a management tool Tying budgeting to strategy and measuring the effectiveness of both via ongoing performance Written in a plain, straight-forward fashion that will allow students to draw immediate value from its content, this book pulls together several topics in an elegant yet sophisticated approach. It uses detailed graphics and diagrams to provide students with a clear understanding of the dynamic intersection between key management and organization leadership topics that management accountants need to master in order to fill a strategic leadership role within their organizations.
Download or read book Strategic Business Planning for Accountants written by Dimitris N. Chorafas and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-10-25 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the practice of strategic business planning, including its functions, methods, tools, and the way in which they are employed. It does so in a practical way through case studies, which help in demonstrating how to innovate in order to overcome obstacles and cover new and evolving challenges. The book is divided into six parts : • part 1 focuses on the strategic plan, as master plan of the enterprise • part 2 covers the management functions whose able execution makes the difference between success and failure: forecasting, planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling • part 3 demonstrates that modern accounting rules, promoted by IFRS and US GAAP, not only assist in strategic financial planning but also provide a solid basis for management supervision and control • part 4 brings your attention the fact that costs matter. Strategic business plans that pay little or no attention to cost factors are doomed • part 5 addresses the issues associated with strategic products and markets. These range from research and development to market research, product planning, the able management of marketing functions, and sales effectiveness • part 6 concludes the book with an emphasis on mergers, acquisitions, and consolidations and the risks associated with an M&A policy Chief executives, operating officers, treasurers, financial officers, budget directors, accountants, auditors, product planners, marketing directors, and management accounting specialists will find this book of practical examples helpful to their decisions and to their work. * Shows the factors to consider when planning how to take your company to the next level, from identifying and making strategic choices to capital allocation and financial planning. All from a professional accountant's perspective and in their language * Full of case studies to help you relate your ideas to what other major companies have done before, including IBM, Delta Airlines, and Bloomberg - so you can learn from their success or failure * Shows why strategic cost control is good governance, why and how to account for the cost of risk and how IFRS relates to strategic accounting principles
Download or read book Strategic Cost Management written by John K. Shank and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1993 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide for managers concerned with cost, strategy, and business re-engineering. Experts on the strategic use of cost data, the authors show how stategic cost management is revolutionizing accounting practices in leading companies. Includes numerous examples. 120 line drawings.
Download or read book Cima P6 written by Bpp Learning Media Staff and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Management Accounting written by Botten and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Business Planning and Control written by Bruce Bowhill and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-05-19 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business Planning and Control: Integrating Strategy, Accounting and People provides an introduction to core areas of management accounting and business planning. It then explores relationships between strategy, management accounting information, and the design of control systems, taking into account the needs of both people and organisations. An integrative approach to business planning and control Includes a specific focus on the design of planning and control systems Considers key techniques of strategic management Uses management accounting techniques for operational, managerial and strategic purposes Provides case study information to form a thematic thread throughout the text
Download or read book Management Accounting written by Anthony A. Atkinson and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AUDIENCE: For upper level undergraduate and MBA Management Accounting courses. APPROACH: Atkinson is a managerially-oriented book that focuses on both quantitative and qualitative aspects of classical and contemporary managerial accounting. COMPETITORS: Garrison, MH;
Download or read book CIMA Official Learning System Management Accounting Business Strategy written by Neil Botten and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2007-08-16 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2008 edition of CIMA's Official Learning Systems has been written in conjunction with the Examiner to fully reflect what could be tested in the exam. Fully revised and now in 2 colour, paperback format the 2008 Learning Systems provide complete study material for the May and November 2008 exams. This edition includes: * practice questions throughout * complete revision section * topic summaries * recommended reading articles from a range of journals * Q & A's CIMA Learning Systmes are the only study materials endorsed and recomended by CIMA * The Official Learning Systems are the only study materials endorsed by CIMA * Fully revised with new examples and case studies * Written by the Examiner * Complete integrated package incorporating syllabus guidance, full text, recommended articles, revision guides and extensive question practice
Download or read book Accounting for Business written by Roger Hussey and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for those who may be responsible for, or are generally interested in, the activities of organizations but do not have the knowledge to interpret the financial information that is available. As an owner of a business or a manager, you will deal with numbers of various types. This book is written for those who may be responsible for, or are generally interested in, the activities of organizations but do not have the knowledge to interpret the financial information that is available. The book identifies the types of organizations that generate financial information and explains how you can use it for your benefit. The early chapters focus on the information that is publicly available for large companies and demonstrate how to select and analyze the figures for decision making. The later chapters concentrate on the detailed management accounting information that is available internally for managers so that they can make decisions, investigate problems, and set performance targets. The final chapter, explores emerging and very pertinent issues such as “Can the organization obtain the basic resources to stay in business?” and “Are its activities harmful to the environment?”
Download or read book Value Creation in Management Accounting and Strategic Management written by Satoshi Sugahara and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores two combined approaches (strategy and accounting) from a cross-disciplinary perspective in order to improve knowledge of value creation in various contexts. Existing studies on this topic have generally adopted a purely account-based or strategy-oriented approach to address this issue. However, this book draws upon a number of well-defined theoretical and empirical backgrounds and methodologies. Since the 1980s, many changes have occurred and companies have increasingly focused their strategies on value creation. Consequently, new strategic directions have emerged, especially for managerial accounting. Management accounting and alignment with strategy could thus improve performance. This book encourages further thought and reflection on these issues which should be pursued in the future as firms face new challenges associated with the acceleration of digital transformation.
Download or read book Review of Management Accounting Research written by Magdy G. Abdel-Kader and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of contemporary research in management accounting. Provides a thorough critical analysis of recent issues published in the management accounting literature and identifies gaps for future research in each issue reviewed.
