这是一本几十年来畅销不衰的经典会计学教材,是在美国以外发行量*的会计学教材,在全球会计界和管理界具有广泛的影响,尤其适用于MBA教学,同时也是在职管理者的知识库。 本书内容反映了当代成本会计、管理会计领域实践和理论的*发展,体现了欧美各经济发达**尤其是美国的成本会计或管理会计领域出现的新思想和方法。以价值链为主线的成本管理思想代表着成本与管理会计发展的主流和趋势。作者特别注意对每一章以流线型方式表述,给出更好、更清晰的解释。书中的公司实例取自不同**,内容涵盖不同产业,本书因此成为大学工商管理专业的**教材。 与本书相关的翻译版已由中国人民大学出版社出版,可供读者参考。

Studying Cost Accounting is one of the best business investments a student can make. Why? Because success in any organization—from the smallest corner store to the largest multinational corporation—requires the use of cost accounting concepts and practices. Cost accounting provides key data to managers for planning and control- ling, as well as costing products, services, even customers. This book focuses on how cost accounting helps managers make better decisions, as cost accountants are increas- ingly becoming integral members of their company’s decision-making teams. In order to emphasize this prominence in decision making, we use the “different costs for different purposes” theme throughout this book. By focusing on basic concepts, analyses, uses, and procedures instead of procedures alone, we recognize cost accounting as a managerial tool for business strategy and implementation.
We also prepare students for the rewards and challenges they face in the professional cost accounting world of today and tomorrow. For example, we emphasize both the devel- opment of analytical skills such as Excel to leverage available information technology and the values and behaviors that make cost accountants effective in the workplace.