Essentials of Cost Management (Paperback)

Preface: Cost and Value.

1 Cost Management: Control and Profitability.

2 Traditional Cost Types, Terms, and Practices.

3 Cost Accounting Structures: Standards, Budgets, and Controls.

4 Operational Resource Accounting.

5 Process and Resource-Based Cost Management.

6 Tactical Management of Costs and Resources.

7 Strategy-Based Systems and the Future of Cost Management.

Suggested Readings.

Index.