1st Edition

Strategic Management Accounting

By Keith Ward Copyright 1992
320 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

307 Pages
by Routledge

* Challenging and provocative book * Shows how management accounting techniques can be integrated into the strategic decision making process * Extensive use of practical examples from a variety of contexts.An introduction to business strategy for management accountants, financial accountants or managers with an accounting orientation. The book places management accounting clearly within the... Read more
Preface; Linking strategy and management accounting - Introduction and overview; Strategic planning; Management accounting in the context of strategic change; Accounting for competitive strategy - Segment profitability: an overview; Competitor accounting; Customer account profitability; Product profitability analysis; Corporate strategies: the role of strategic management accounting - The relevance of organization structure; Single focus businesses; Vertically integrated businesses; Conglomerates; Multinationals and global companies; Non-profit organizations; Changing strategies as businesses develop - Common problems of control; Launch strategies; Accounting for growth businesses; Strategic management accounting on reaching maturity; Coping with old age and decline; Information requirements for strategic management accounting - Designing strategic management accounting systems; Operating strategic management accounting systems; Index.

Biography

Keith Ward