Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. CONTENIDO: Introduction to cost accounting -- Cost terminology and cost behaviors -- Predetermined overhead rates, flexible budgets, and absortion/variable costing -- Job order costing -- Activity-based management and activity-based costing -- Process costing -- Standar costing and variance analysis -- The master budget -- Break-even point and cost-volume-profit analysis -- Relevant information for decision making -- Allocation of joint costs and accounting for by-products - Introduction to cost management systems -- Responsibility accounting and transfer pricing in descentraized organizations -- Managing costs and uncertainty -- Implementing quality concepts -- Inventory and production management -- Emerging management practices -- Performance measurement, balanced scorecards, and performance rewards
