Management Accounting for Business

Colin Drury is Emeritus Professor at Huddersfield University and a leading textbook author for a generation of accounting students. His books have been widely recommended by the main UK professional accountancy bodies for their examinations. He has been an active researcher and his research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Management Accounting Research and European Accounting Review. Colin has been given a life-time achievement award by the British Accounting and Finance association.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND COST ACCOUNTING
1 Introduction to management accounting
2 An introduction to cost terms and concepts
PART TWO: INFORMATION FOR DECISION-MAKING
3 Cost–volume–profit analysis
4 Measuring relevant costs and revenues for decision-making
5 Pricing decisions and profitability analysis
6 Capital investment decisions: appraisal methods
PART THREE: COST ASSIGNMENT
7 Cost assignment
8 Activity-based costing
PART FOUR: INFORMATION FOR PLANNING, CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
9 The budgeting process
10 Management control systems
11 Standard costing and variance analysis
12 Divisional financial performance measures
13 Transfer pricing in divisionalized companies
PART FIVE: STRATEGIC COST AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
14 Strategic cost management
15 Strategic performance management