Management Accounting: Principles and Applications
Author(s): Hugh M. Coombs (Author), David Hobbs (Author), Ellis Jenkins (Author), D. E. Jenkins (Author)
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication Date: 18 April 2005
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 360 pages
ISBN-10: 1853963836
ISBN-13: 9781853963834
Book Description
This book adopts a new and accessible approach to helping readers understand how management accounting contributes to decisions in a variety of organisational contexts. It sets out clear explanations of practical management accounting techniques in the context of the application of these techniques to decisions. It recognizes practice through case studies and summarises published research. Uniquely, it examines the analytical and critical issues that often influence decision makers operating within private and public sector organisations. Key features include:
– Case studies of varying complexity that will allow students to work at their own level
– Summaries of important research articles
– Key learning objectives and end of chapter questions.
Editorial Reviews
Review
How I used the book. I personally read a couple of key chapters of interest and took the book to class on two separate occasions. In each period, I talked about it and passed it to the students for each one to have examination of its contents. Whilst some wrote its title, others too asked permission to make copy of the front page and promised to cheek it up in the bookshop and the library. What I personally like about the book is that whilst typically, texts books do not bring different authors contrasting views on an issue in their presentations, in this text, Coombs et al., change the trend. In each chapter varied opinions of key authors are brought to bear on the same subject even including other useful recommended references at the end of each chapter. This is a real frontline text; I strongly recommend it to students and module leaders in area. — Dr Obi Damoah ― drupal Published On: 2010-05-05
Students thought that this book was easy to follow and understand — Dr Scott Foster ―
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It is a book that focuses on decision making within the topics of management accounting. Discusses especially the latest models and tools that support decision making by presenting examples suitable to those topics. The book is well structured and organized, but maybe if it was colorful would be more attractive and effective, especially for students. — Mr Paulino Silva ―
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From the Back Cover
Supported by case studies of varying complexity, the text enables students to work at their own level and also includes summaries of important research articles and end of chapter questions.
About the Author
Hugh Coombs, Professor of Accounting and head of department of Accounting Finance and Information Management at the University of Glamorgan
David Hobbs, accountancy advisor to Office for National Statistics – advising on accounting and business relating issues, and involving advising external businesses, Bank of England, European staitical institution (Eurostat) etc.
Ellis Jenkins, Principal lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of Glamorgan.
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