Cost Management: Accounting and Control emphasizes that changing conditions often require a change in cost management systems. Emphasizing this point stresses the dynamic and exciting nature of the field. By taking a systems approach -- one that first covers functional-based cost and control and then activity-based cost systems -- students understand how to understand and manage any cost management system.

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Cornerstones of Financial Accounting, Second Canadian Edition, presents an exciting new approach to teaching and learning accounting. Carefully crafted in response to studies on student reading behaviour, the innovative Cornerstones approach has been shown to increase students' engagement and preparedness while improving their grades. In the Cornerstones approach, each major concept is illustrated in a Cornerstone that supports accounting concepts with a compelling example. Step-by-step calculations demonstrate how to solve a business problem, and a brief video segment reinforces and summarizes key concepts and procedures.

COST ACCOUNTING emphasizes that changing conditions often require a change in cost management systems. Emphasizing this point stresses the dynamic and exciting nature of the field. By taking a systems approach -- one that first covers functional-based cost and control and then activity-based cost systems -- students understand how to understand and manage any cost management system.

By now, most companies know that activity-based costing, an innovative accounting system that breaks down overhead far more precisely than old-fashioned systems do, can be used to trim waste, improve service, and make better product-mix and pricing decisions. Yet the actual design and implementation of a successful ABC system remains largely a mystery for many companies. Analyzes the experiences of eight real-life companies who took on the challenge of implementing an ABC system, revealing the mistakes, successes, and ultimate triumphs that resulted in each case. Winner of the Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award.

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