Cost Management

Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis, 2024 Release is a textbook that explains the critical function of cost management in organizational success. The text provides analytical tools and practical methods designed to support competitiveness, enhance performance, and help organizations accomplish their strategic objectives.

Coverage connects conventional accounting practices directly to overarching business goals. The volume addresses core costing systems, planning and decision making, and operational and management-level control mechanisms, using methods such as job-order costing to illustrate how cost data informs strategic direction.

Written to help students understand the strategic purpose of cost accounting rather than routine cost measurement alone, the textbook incorporates dedicated digital accessibility features, including text descriptions for complex figures.