Management Accounting

Accounting is the provision of financial information to managers or owners, as well as to external users, so that they can make business decisions. It measures, monitors and controls business activities.

Management Accounting provides a very accessible and easy-to-follow introduction to accounting. It introduces students to accounting and provides them with a clear understanding of the theory and practice of management accounting. The text blends theory and practice by stressing the underlying concepts and context of accounting.

• Text thoroughly updated to include examples that comply with the new format adopted by International Accounting Standards for listed companies.
• 'Real Life Nuggets' and other material from the business press will be revised and updated.
• A large number of end of chapter questions of escalating difficulty, together with the accompanying answers, enables the reader to develop their understanding of the key concepts discussed in the text.

Management Accounting is intended as a core textbook for students studying the subject for the first time. This book provides a self-contained, introductory, one-semester course that covers major topics such as costing, short and long-term decision making and planning, control and performance.

Management Accounting is an easy-to-follow introduction to the subject, and can be used by students on both accounting and non-accounting degrees, as well as those on MBA courses.

Designed to be both engaging and accessible to the student, Management Accounting features:

• A lively presentational style integrating cartoons and soundbites

• ‘Real Life Nuggets’ offering contemporary examples from the business press that give the body of the text a real-life resonance.

• End-of-chapter questions of escalating difficulty, together with accompanying answers, enabling the student to develop their understanding of the key concepts discussed in the text.

A rich supporting website at www.wileyeurope.com/college/jones including solutions, extra question material and PowerPoint slides for lecturers, alongside multiple choice quizzes and an online glossary for students.

Michael Jones is Professor of Financial Reporting and Director of the Financial Reporting and Business Communication Unit at Cardiff Business School. He is also author of  ‘Accounting’ 2nd edition and ‘Financial Accounting’ both published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.