Issues in management accountingUpplaga 3

Pooling the expertise of leading researchers, Issues in Management Accounting critically explores a broad range of issues in a concise, digestible style. Both students and practitioners specialising in this area will find this book an essential guide to the many developments affecting management accounting theory and practice.This third edition presents completely new and original chapters, written by leading experts in management accounting. Each chapter focuses on a specific emerging topic of contemporary interest, explores research and practical developments in the area, and concisely summarises the current issues of contention and debate. Topics discussed in this new edition of the text include:         Management Accounting for consumerism         The balanced scorecard         National culture and management control         The changing role of management accountants         Management Accounting and accountants in the public sector         Knowledge resources and Management Accounting         MA innovations.Issues in Management Accounting is designed to complement upper level undergraduate, postgraduate and professional studies, and will also be of value to practitioners and academics investigating contemporary aspects of management accounting.About the EditorsTrevor Hopper holds professorships in Management Accounting at the University of Manchester, Stockholm School of Economics and the Victoria University, Wellington.Northcott is a Professor of Management Accounting at the Auckland University of Technology.Robert Scapens is a Professor of Management Accounting at the University of Groningen and an Emeritus Professor of Accounting in the Manchester Business School. (Pearson)