Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. Management Accounting: Information that Creates Value. 2. A Framework for Management Accounting and Control Systems. 3. Cost Management Concepts and Cost Behavior. 4. Traditional Cost Management Systems. 5. Activity Based Cost Management Systems. 6. Using Management Accounting Information for Activity and Process Decisions. 7. Using Management Accounting Information for Pricing and Product Planning. 8. Using Management Accounting Information for Investment Decisions. 9. Management Accounting and Control Systems for Strategic Purposes: Assessing Performance over the Entire Value Chain. 10. Motivating Behavior in Management Accounting and Control Systems. 11. Using Budgets to Achieve Organizational Objectives. 12. Organizational Design, Responsibility Centers, and Financial Control.

Designed for undergraduate and MBA courses in management accounting. Each of the text authors is both a scholar and a top consultant for Fortune 500 and smaller companies. As a result, they have a unique focus: to help students better understand management accounting topics, research, and issues from the perspective of a business manager.