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Provides and integrated, action-oriented roadmap to all the control system tools and techniques that are needed to manage a business effectively.
New accounting techniques including profit wheel analysis, and Strategic profitability analysis. Provides the most comprehensive presentation of the Balances scorecard approach by one of its originators. A carefully integrated structure.
For managers and MBAs who are interested in learning more about Management Control Systems.
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Excellent Book, the best book I've ever read.......2007-02-12
The five stars rating is not enough. No need to say more words after all the previous reviews.
Excelent book.......2007-01-11
An excelent help for managing a business. Very practical, proven in real businesses and related with high level strategy
Absolutely Fantastic.......2004-03-02
WITHOUT QUESTION this book is the best practical business text I have ever read. Thank you Robert for unequivocally adding value - in a meaningful and tangible way that can be taken to the market and capitalised on. It's books like this that inspire me to invest (what would otherwise be leisure) time in learning & continuing my education.
The book is clear, concise, comprehensive & practical, and helped wrap together many general strategy concepts into an effective action based set of implementation tools. VERY, VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Comprehensive Integration with Strategy, Easy to Implement.......2000-03-10
I rarely get excited about textbooks, but this particular treatment of strategy, balancing leading and lagging indicators with a view of past, present and future, was enlightening. This book should be a "must read" for any mid- or senior- level manager. It shows how to make your decisions more fact-based and less 'art'. With the coming of age of "management of knowledge" this is a great tool to use to improve business processes. Definitely worth every single penny spent - but especially if you are interested in learning tangible methods!
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Easy to grasp and yet informative.......2000-06-19
This textbook ties everything together very well and in a proper sequence which makes it easy for the reader to understand. Graphical approac made the linkage even more easier and understandable. The cases were quite good too and aid students in applying the concept. Certainly a suitable book for anyone who wants to see how management accounting takes place in an organization .
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- Excellent introduction to the topic of target costing
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Target Costing: The Next Frontier in Strategic Cost Management
Jan E. Bell ,
James H. Cypher ,
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``This book provides great insights and perspectives into target cost management practice by combining theory and practice both in the U.S. and Japan.''--Hiroshi Oakano, Professor, Osaka City University. ``Target costing is an essential tool for companies striving to achieve and maintain a position of true cost competitiveness. This book makes an important contribution to the field of strategic cost management, and should be required reading for any executive interested in achieving world-class business performance.''--Charles H. Noski, Senior Vice President and CFO, Hughes Electronics. Target costing has been successfully used as a srategic weapon by Japanese companies for nearly two decades. Now, with Target Costing, Shahid L. Ansari and Jan E. Bell help you understand the tools manufacturers must use by strengthen their companies' competitive advantages. The one-and-only reference on how target costing is building a culture of excellence in many organizations todoay. Target Costing illustrates how this management approach: helped companies like Chrylser, Caterpillar and Boeing make impressive comebacks; centers on the principle that cost management starts before a product is produced; shows why investors looking for solid companies can use target costing as a sign of market dominance.
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Excellent introduction to the topic of target costing.......2000-08-23
This book gives an excellent overview of the topic, written in an easy understandable way. The authors have researched numerous articles and studies and compiled them into this work. The book also contains a lot of tables and graphs to illustrate the text. The foundations and the scope of target costing are well discussed and a small case study gives an idea how target costing is working in a practice. Moreover, there are a lot of references to literature and some examples from industry discussed. In the appendix there is a very useful collection of tools used in the target costing.
Definition and scope of target costing as explained in the book:
The target costing process is a system of profit planning and cost management that is price led, customer focused, design centred, and cross-functional. The target costing initiates cost management at the earliest stages of product development and applies it throughout the product life cycle by actively involving the entire value chain.
The difference between target costing and cost management is that the latter focuses on reducing the cost when they are already occurring, that means when the product design and the process are already defined. The target costing approach on the other hand helps to identify the allowable cost for a product in the design stage, the cost at the manufacturing stage are therefore known to be achievable and competitive. Further cost improvements are achieved by kaizen costing (continuous improvement).
best practice best theory.......2000-04-02
this book is best for persons to understand the target costing indeeply with plain english. this book is also suitable for cost management in the globe.
BEST PRACTICE BEST THEORY.......2000-04-02
This book provided more detail for target costings, more useful everyday, in both practical and theorical case. Moreover, this book use plain english for whoever in the world.
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Value Based Management brushes aside the often-confusing amalgam of quick-fix management potions, and gives you tested tips and strategies designed to turn your company into an equity-enhancing machine. This long-awaited book describes how, once you have seen and tried the hundreds of different management theories that abound today, one goal will always remain: Enhancing Shareholder Value. Companies that focus on creating and building value become focused, goal-oriented, and successful at building the powerful business machines that are required in todayÕs give-no-quarter competitive environment. Performance measurement consultant James A. KnightÕs eye-opening book provides convincing proof that strategies designed to maximize shareholder value can benefit everyone involved. With its clear-cut diagrams, explanations, and case histories, Value Based Management demonstrates how every decision your management team makes can consistently create shareholder value. Its comprehensive benefits include a clear definition of the nature of corporate value, and how the act of enhancing it can create positive reverberations throughout the entire company; examples of companies that have successfully managed for value and how they have done it, alongside examples of companies that failed to manage for value and how you can avoid their pitfalls; and explanations of how Value Added Management creates the optimal balance between short and long term decisions, and helps your managers balance the trade offs between improved levels of profit and greater growth. Like so many journeys, the toughest step when focusing your company on Value Management is the first step. Take that first step today! Read Value Based Management, focus on the strategy and business questions it raises, then think about how its solutions can be tailored to fit your company. Once you have begun to implement Value Based Management your shareholders, along with your customers and employees, will recognize and reap the profitable benefits of a value based corporate mindset.
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Excellent introduction with detailed solutions.......1999-04-27
I've watched the words "Shareholder Value" creep into our business vocabulary over the past decade or so, and I've heard many explanations of how to optimize it. Unfortunately, there about as many definitions and techniques for measuring and managing it as there are books on the subject. I've read many of these other texts and worked with the other consultants Mr. Knight mentions in his book. But none of them have approached the precision and clarity of this book. Mr Knight starts with why management should understand the shareholder's needs and the proper methods for addressing those needs, then he takes the reader logically through all the steps (including the subtle nuances) of implementing such a program. There is no more comprehensive nor better written book on this subject on the market. If only Mr. Knight had written his book 10 years ago, many of us would have been saved from endless hours of vague and confusing meetings about what we were really trying to accomplish.
A very basic point of view.......1999-03-10
I expected much more of it. Very basic in it's assesments and definition. I cannot get a real signification of EVA until chapter 6. Good for earliers beginners not awaiting for much academic support
A must read book for companies striving for value creation.......1998-07-14
This book shows how to develop and implement strategies regarding value creation for shareholders. It has a very good mix of theory and business cases. The core aspect of this book is the theory behind the imperative link of: Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Financial Reporting and Incentive Compensation. This theory is tested against many sucessful business cases. The author also shows why some companies fail after incomplete or wrong assumptions on the value based management implementation.
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This text is intended for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in cost accounting at both the basic and advanced levels. It provides complete, concise and clearly written discussions of topics commonly included in a basic course, with an in-depth treatment of selected topics more appropriate for a course in advanced cost accounting. Modular coverage of these topics enables the instructor to present a greater amount of core material in a limited time, while adapting the text to his or her own preferences for course content. By emphasizing the differing uses for cost accounting information, the text makes the student an intelligent provider, user, and interpreter of this information. This strategy is evident in each chapter, as basic concepts are presented and then illustrated with examples and a wide variety of end-of-chapter assignments.
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"Project Planning Techniques" is a comprehensive reference for project managers in any discipline, outlining the latest proven-effective methods based on solid research. Blending practical experience with academic rigor, this authoritative resource will help you develop a deeper understanding of current knowledge and best practice techniques for project success. With practical examples from many industries, "Project Planning Techniques" gives you a firm understanding of how these methods are applied in real-world situations. Get a solid foundation in project planning fundamentals; Discover the latest indices and models for project selection and prioritization; Gain an understanding of the schedule network and the project schedule; Learn processes and techniques for monitoring expenditures during the implementation phase; Explore the relationship between knowledge management and project management and how you can manage project knowledge by integrating techniques from both systems. From start to finish, "Project Planning Techniques" will help you improve your understanding of project planning and your performance as a project leader. Bonus CD-ROM: "Project Planning Techniques" includes a bonus CD-ROM with comprehensive examples from several industries, including WBS, RBS, network diagrams, project estimates, and much more. Table of Contents: Introduction · Work Breakdown Structure · Resource Breakdown Structure · Estimating Models · Scheduling · External Projects · Progress Monitoring · Change Management · Managing Project Knowledge
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Controlling zur Unterstutzung von Least-Cost-Planning im Elektrizitatsunternehmen (Kommunalwirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis)
Ulf Klostermann
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Cost Accounting: Planning and Control
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New Directions in Supply-Chain Management: Technology, Strategy, and Implementation
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Technology has introduced dramatic new efficiencies to supply chain design, management, and control--but only to those who can open their minds to these new methods and strategies. This book presents innovative articles from eighteen of today's top young Ph.D. scholars, each based on discussions at the 2000 Frank Batten Young Leaders Forum of the College of William and Mary.
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