Management Accounting. An historical perspective

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  • Name Accounting: internal issues inc costing, pricing, etc
  • Name Information: distribution & use

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Deals with the then-neglected area of the use of accounting / accounting data for managerial control and decision making in historical perspective. Structured in Two parts. Part 1] 'Accounting for decision making' - 'Cost concepts for decision making' / 'Discounted cash flow' / 'Origins of the break even chart'. Part 2] 'Historical perspective' - 'Select bibliography of works on the history of accounting' / 'An accounting chronology' giving the 'most important dates in the history of accounting ... In adjoining columns there are given not only the political environment but also relevant events in the history of economic theory, law, taxation and management'