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Cost Management: Measuring, Monitoring, and Motivating Performance
Leslie G. Eldenburg,
University of Arizona
Susan K. Wolcott,
Wolcott Lynch Associates
ISBN: 978-0-471-20549-4
©2005
752 pages
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Hallmark Features
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Focuses on a wide range of business types, including: manufacturing, retail, service, non-profit, US and International, as well as small to large private companies.
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Focus on Bias and Uncertainties in the creation and use of cost accounting information for decision-making purposes
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Explores ethical questions about real business scenarios by introducing an ethical decision making framework in Chapter 1; presenting ethical scenarios in each chapter; and posing one or more ethical homework problems in each chapter.
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Uses a decision - making model - Steps for Better Thinking - as a pedagogical tool to foster student’s analytical and decision-making skills that they need to develop.
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A selection of end of chapter material that challenges a student’s computational, spreadsheet, and critical thinking skills with unique problem types including:
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Integrating Across the Curriculum homework problems where students are asked to integrate applications of the cost accounting concepts across the curriculum e.g., auditing, marketing, finance
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Learning Outcome Assessment homework problems accompanied by detailed guideance in the instructor manual.
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Build Your Professional Competencies homework problem in each chapter that encourages students to explore in detail one of the IMA / AICPA core competencies and tie that competency to course content
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Ethics homework problems, many featuring real world scenarios
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