Accounting for Decision Making and Control - Softcover

Zimmerman, Jerold L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071169121 ISBN 13: 9780071169127

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions), 2000

Synopsis

Designed for graduate level courses in managerial accounting. The text uses the concept of opportunity cost, and the approach attempts to illustrate the inter-relations among changing accounting systems. Critical thinking and analytical skills are developed through actual company applications.

About this title

About the Author

Jerold Zimmerman is Ronald L. Bittner Professor at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley.

While at Rochester, Dr. Zimmerman has taught a variety of courses spanning accounting, finance, and economics. Accounting courses include nonprofit accounting, intermediate accounting, accounting theory, and managerial accounting. A deeper appreciation of the challenges of managing a complex organization was acquired by spending four years as Deputy Dean of the Simon School.

Professor Zimmerman publishes widely in accounting on topics as diverse as cost allocations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, disclosure, financial accounting theory, capital markets, and executive compensation.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions)
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0071169121
• ISBN 13: 9780071169127
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2