TY - BOOK AU - Blocher, Edward J. AU - Chen, Kung H. AU - Lin, Thomas W. TI - Study guide for use with cost management: a strategic emphasis. SN - 0072405066 AV - HF5686.C8 B62 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill KW - Management accounting. N1 - Contents: Cost management: an overview -- Strategic analysis and strategic cost management -- Basic cost concepts -- Activity-based costing and management -- Target costing: theory of constraints, and life-cycle costing -- Total quality management -- Cost estimation -- Cost-volume-profit analysis -- Strategy and the master budget -- Decision making with relevant costs and strategic analysis -- Capital budgeting -- Job costing -- Process costing -- Cost allocation: service departments and joint product costs -- The Flexible budget and standard costing: direct materials and direct labor -- Standard costing: factory overhead -- Managing marketing effectiveness, productivity, and customer profitability -- Management control and strategic performance measurement -- Strategic investment units and transfer pricing -- Management compensation and business valuation ER -