Horngren's Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis

by Srikant M. Datar

"This book focuses on how cost accounting helps managers make better decisions, as cost account-ants increasingly are becoming integral members of their company's decision-making teams. In order to emphasize this prominence in decision making, we use the "different costs for different purposes" theme throughout this book. By focusing on basic concepts, analyses, uses, and procedures instead of procedures alone, we recognize cost accounting as a managerial tool for business strategy and implementation. We also prepare students for the rewards and challenges they face in the professional cost ac-counting world of today and tomorrow. For example, we emphasize both the development of tech-nical skills such as Excel and big-data analytics to leverage available information technology and the values and behaviors that make cost accountants effective in the workplace"--

Genres: Business

Paperback

First published December 4, 2013

Reviews

[Salam]

i want to read

[Dot · Rating 5 out of 5]

An in-depth guide to cost accounting.

[Cassie · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are other textbooks that convey the same information in a much accessible way than this one. Book lacks clarity and conciseness. Would not recommend to anyone who is using this as a source of learning. The content of this book could be cut by about 200 pages at a minimum without loosing meaning.
Would describe the layout, colours scheme and other aesthetic features of this book to be outdated
In general, would describe this book as off-putting to anyone who is using it as meaning of learning.
Would recommend the book by Peter Clarke Managerial Accounting as a much better and cheaper source of substantially the same information