Fundamentals of Cost Accountingprovides a direct, realistic, and efficient way to learn cost accounting, integrated with new technology learning tools. Fundamentals is short (approximately 700 pages) making it easy to cover in one semester. The authors have kept the text concise by focusing on the key concepts students need to master. The Decision opening vignettes and Business Application boxes show realistic applications of these concepts throughout. All chapters conclude with a Debrief that links the topics in the chapter to the decision problem faced by the manager in the opening vignette. Comprehensive end-of-chapter material provides students with all the practice they need to fully learn each concept.

McGraw-Hill Connect Accounting Plus provides students every advantage as they strive to understand the key concepts of cost accounting and its role in business. Connect Accounting Plus offers a complete digital solution with a robust online learning and homework management system, an integrated media-rich eBook, assignable end-of-chapter material, algorithmic functionality, and reporting capabilities.

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Chapter 1: Cost Accounting: Information for Decision Making Chapter 2: Cost Concepts and Behavior Chapter 3: Fundamentals of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Cost Analysis for Decision Making Chapter 5: Cost Estimation Chapter 6: Fundamentals of Product and Service Costing Chapter 7: Job Costing Chapter 8: Process Costing Chapter 9: Activity-Based Costing Chapter 10: Fundamentals of Cost Management Chapter 11: Service Department and Joint Cost Allocation Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Management Control Systems Chapter 13: Planning and Budgeting Chapter 14: Business Unit Performance Measurement Chapter 15: Transfer Pricing Chapter 16: Fundamentals of Variance Analysis Chapter 17: Additional Topics in Variance Analysis Chapter 18: Performance Measurement to Support Business Strategy Appendix: Capital Investment Decisions: An Overview