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Published in association with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
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By
Keith Ward, Visiting Professor of Financial Strategy, Cranfield School of Management, UK
Description
* 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 context of strategic
management of the business. Offers qualified accountants a sound introduction to strategic management, and with practical examples and
mini-cases provided throughout, this book is comprehensive yet concise.
Keith Ward addresses strategic management accounting as a continuous
process of analysis, planning and control. Management accounting is about supplying the right information to the right people at the
right time, and this can only be expressed in the context of the business strategy and strategic plan. The implementation of appropriate
management accounting systems to complement different strategies is discussed in detail. Applications and examples include multinational
organizations, non-profit organizations and varying organizational structures. Finally the author covers methods of using management
accounting for strategic advantage.
Audience
Management accountants; financial accountants; managers with accounting orientation; CIMA stage 4 students; managers or management students (efMBA, MSc and DMS) with an accounting orientation.
Contents
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.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 307 pages, publication date: FEB-1992
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-0110-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-0110-8
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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