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 | | Advanced Management Accounting (3rd Edition) (Advanced Management Accounting) by Robert Kaplan, Anthony A. Atkinson ISBN-10: 9780132622882 ISBN-10: 0-13-262288-2 ISBN-13: 9780132622882 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-262288-2 Paperback 1998-02-06 Prentice Hall Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Contains leading-edge treatment of innovative management accounting issues used by major companies throughout the world. Advanced Management Accounting provides a systematic management- oriented approach to advanced management topics. Each chapter is accompanied by cases to illustrate the concepts discussed. Written by an authoritative author team known for establishing innovative business standards. Includes an updated chapter on Transfer Pricing to reflect more modern approaches in addition to an entire chapter on Economic Value Added (EVA). Appropriate for business professionals involved in cost accounting and/or management. | ||
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An excellent book for practioner and truely advanced learner MBA students alike may not even have the patient to read through it. But, as a management consultant in China ( i used to work for 2 of big 4 accounting firms, and now working as a freelance to help local companies to solve their managerial costing problems), this book is my primary reference for my work. I applied ideas in this book helping my clients building ABC and transfer pricing and costing control models. When you really need to solve true business problems (rather than reading in the school), you will find this is "the" book. In my view, you have to read Kaplan and Cooper's staff if you want to get some true knowledge about managerial accounting. | ||
This book is not what I expected.... I have studied, practiced and taught managerial accounting for more than 17 years at work, using excellent supporting text and case books from recognized US authors. But to be honest Dr. Kaplan is making easy concepts to appear complicated and cumbersome. His case readings as well as the text materials are very length and hard to "digest" since it does not capture the attention of the reader.I would not recommend the book neither for and undergraduate or graduate degree, despite the well known and worldwide recognition of Dr. Kaplan. His book is far from being pedagogical in nature. | ||
An Advanced Accounting Student Opinion I have studied many aspects of financial and management accounting, management issues, etc. from introductory to advanced levels. I have never used such an unappealing book. The student must sift through much wordiness. There are few, and sometimes no examples of the various calculations. There is very little use of white space. Virtually no colour, no use of bullets. Not only is the material presented in a "dry" form, but the book is not pretty to look at. The most praise I can give this book is that it is not too heavy to carry, and it has a pretty blue cover. | ||
hmphh.... The explanation is too long, examples are vague, ambiguous and the cases provided is not really relevant to my level of knowledge. This book might be best for PhD holders, but not for me who is an undergraduate. My lecturer also complained that the explanation used is not suitable for our level. No interesting graphics or colour to attract readers. | ||
Into the deep, drowned in the cases This student textbook assumes a basic of management accounting. Well, I was known with the terms, and understood their examples, but completely lost track at the cases. At first I thought it was due to my language knowledge, but colleague students had the same problems and couldnot explain to me which information to use, which parts of the cases was useful and what was rubbish. Of course 'management accounting' is about retrieving the correct information, but it was a few steps to early for me. | ||