Accounting for Decision Making and Control

Zimmerman, Jerold

ISBN 10: 0072501790 / ISBN 13: 9780072501797

Published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Accounting for Decision Making and Control
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072501790
• ISBN 13: 9780072501797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Accounting for Decision Making and Control by Jerry Zimmerman continues to grow in popularity with instructors due to its emphasis on teaching students to critically evaluate and solve actual business problems. Zimmerman is able to achieve this through: 1) Strong conceptual framework; 2) Business orientation focusing on how organizations work; 3) Balance between concepts & practice; 4) Strongest problem material available.

About the Author

Research and teaching interests involve financial and managerial accounting. He and Professor Ross L. Watts received American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Awards in 1979 and 1980 for their joint papers. He received the American Accounting Association award for Seminal Contribution to Accounting Literature in 2004. He was the 1978 winner of the Competitive Manuscript Award, sponsored by the American Accounting Association, for his paper, "The Costs and Benefits of Cost Allocation." His research, which has come to be called "positive theories of accounting," seeks to understand the costs and benefits of various accounting procedures. He and Watts co-authored a book, Positive Accounting Theory, published by Prentice-Hall in 1986.