- Hardcover: 720 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education; 7 edition (1 Mar 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0078136725
- ISBN-13: 978-0078136726
- Product Dimensions: 25.7 x 20.1 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,347,424 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Accounting for Decision Making and Control provides students and managers with an understanding appreciation of the strengths and limitations of an organization’s accounting system. This book provides a framework for thinking about accounting systems and a basis for analyzing proposed changes to these systems. The Seventh Edition demonstrates that managerial accounting is an integral part of the firm’s organizational architecture, not just an isolated set of computational topics. The purpose of this text is to provide students and managers with an understanding and appreciation of the strengths and limitations of an organization’s accounting system, thereby allowing them to be more intelligent users of these systems. The main purpose proposed by the author remains in tact for the Seventh Edition.
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Jerry Zimmerman (Rochester, N) is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Accounting at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester.
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Managers at BMW must decide which car models to produce, the quantity of each model to produce given the selling prices for the models, and how to manufacture the automobiles. Read the first page
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I've ordered the book Accounting for Decision Making and Control from 2ndhandbook and was very pleased by the great student-friendly price, fast delivery and outstanding product condition - the book arrived on time (even earlier than estimated), undamaged and exactly meeting my expectations. I am very satisfied by this purchase and recommend 2ndhandbook for everyone who's interested in shopping for study books in a budget-conscious way. I have bought numerous products from the seller and have never been disappointed so far :) HIGHLY recommendable!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Think Management Accounting Rather Than Cost Accounting
24 Oct 2002
Format:Hardcover
Too often management accounting is completely subsumed in cost accounting. Yes, they are part of the same topic, but they have somewhat different emphases. This book covers costs, but it is really more focused on how you allocated decision rights, set measurement criteria, and how you reward people to get the behavior you want. It is also very helpful in clarifying thinking about what could be going wrong if you aren't getting the behavior you wanted out of a given system of measurement and reward.
The writing is very good and the organization of the book is sound and helpful. While there are charts and graphs it is not a book full of color and pictures. It is a book with words and ideas that are helpfully supplemented as needed. But the self-study problems and cases are set off from the main text by being on different color pages. This helps in locating what you are after.
There is a wealth of thought provoking problems and short cases to help promote discussion and provoke your thinking on the topics discussed in each chapter.
Another aspect of the book I really like are the concept questions in each chapter that help you gauge your understanding of what you have just read. The solutions for these are provided in the back of the book so you can know if you are "getting it" or not.
This is a fine and very useful text.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant author who does not know how to write a textbook
10 April 2009
Format:Hardcover
I feel sorry for any student who is required to use this book for a class. The author is brilliant, but does not know how to write a text book. Over 1/2 the book is homework, and there are very few examples, most of which are not beneficial for reference with the homework.
If the author reads this, you know your stuff, but change your style of writing. Don't make the book like a John Grisham novel and then here is your homework. Learn from authors like Garrisson and Noreen in regards to writing style. I suggest your next edition (should you publish another) to be a complete re-write.
If the author reads this, you know your stuff, but change your style of writing. Don't make the book like a John Grisham novel and then here is your homework. Learn from authors like Garrisson and Noreen in regards to writing style. I suggest your next edition (should you publish another) to be a complete re-write.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Bloated with Homework Problems
30 Aug 2005
Format:Hardcover
The most surprising thing was how much of the book is homework problems (blue pages). Viewed edge-on they appear to be ~50% of the pages. Many problems are excessively wordy, fine as novellos but reading 2 pages to get to the issues is often tedious. The text is well written, but I didn't find the subject to have as much meat as other MBA subjects like Finance or Operations Research. I understand it is one of the better books on Managerial Accounting. I have 27 years experience at many companies, so others might find the material more enlightening.
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