Strategic Managerial Accounting: Hospitality, Tourism & Events Applications - Softcover

Helen Atkinson; Tracy Jones; Angela Lorenz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908999012 ISBN 13: 9781908999016

Publisher: Goodfellow Publishers Limited, 2012

Synopsis

Strategic Managerial Accounting: Hospitality, Tourism & Events Applications 6edn explores the nature of these industry sectors and how these impact on the strategic managerial accounting (SMA) tools used by decision makers in the industry. Formerly known as Managerial Accounting in the Hospitality Industry by Harris and Hazzard, this new edition builds on this successful and well known text, retaining its practical approach and active learning style, extending to consider strategic management accounting and to include tourism and events management industry contexts. This new 6th edition incorporates discussion, explanations and illustrations of the theoretical underpinning of hospitality, tourism and events related to SMA and managerial accounting concepts and techniques, together with specific examples of industry application. It has a user friendly chapter structure, with pedagogic features including objectives, learning activities, self check questions, references, and key points summaries. Each chapter includes 'theoretical context' sections which put the applied learning in the context of current research and thinking to bring the theory to life. Key features of this text are: * A complete revision and expansion of the well known and successful Harris and Hazzard text; * Includes several brand new chapters such as: Event and Function Management Accounting techniques, Sustainability & Environmental Management Accounting (EMA), Not-for-profit Organisations, Current Issues in Strategic Management Accounting; * Uses international real life case studies to illustrate from across the hospitality, tourism and events sectors including charity (not-for-profit) sector and music events; * Links to applied and generic research on each topic; * Includes International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) terminology suitable for an international audience. With a complete suite of online tutor resources, this book is essential reading for all year 2/3 undergraduate and postgraduate students studying hospitality, tourism and events management.

About this title

About the Authors

Course Leader, MSc Accounting & Financial Management, School of Accounting & Law, University of Gloucestershire

Professor Emeritus, Department of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Management, Oxford Brookes University

Edition details

• Publisher: Goodfellow Publishers Limited
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908999012
• ISBN 13: 9781908999016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332