Accounting for Decision Making and Control

Jerold L. Zimmerman

ISBN 10: 0256185743 / ISBN 13: 9780256185744

Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, 1997

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[ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: 2nd ] Publisher: Richard D Irwin Pub Date: 12/1/1996 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 720 2nd edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Accounting for Decision Making and Control
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0256185743
• ISBN 13: 9780256185744
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This product was most well received in its first edition for the innovative framework. Focusing on the concepts of organizational theory and opportunity cost, and excellent problem material. The approach attempts to illustrate the tension created when accounting systems try to serve both decision making and control functions. Greater emphasis has been placed on current topics, such as Activity Based Management, and organizational functions are profiled as AFDMC focuses on the inter-relations among changing accounting systems. The text's coverage is non-technical, and problem material reinforces analytical and critical thinking skills.

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.