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Summary: the best costing book
Review: I've studied cost accounting for 2 years in Hong Kong. The first year I used a really bad text book named 'Costing', I hated studying Costing. However after using the 'Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (10 Edition)', I become interested in Costing and Management Accounting. And deceide to have CMA exam in future. THIS BOOK IS REALLY GOOD ONE.
Rating:
Summary: the best costing book
Review: I've studied cost accounting for 2 years in Hong Kong. The first year I used a really bad text book named 'Costing', I hated studying Costing. However after using the 'Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis (10 Edition)', I become interested in Costing and Management Accounting. And deceide to have CMA exam in future. THIS BOOK IS REALLY GOOD ONE.
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Summary: A standard text for cost accounting
Review: If you are looking for a single volume "bible" on cost accounting, this is likely the best book in print today to fit that bill. It is comprehensive in scope yet has many strengths to ease comprehension and aid readability.The topics are grouped in six main sections each with several chapters on that topic. Since it is unlikely that you will read this reference / text book left to right as you would a novel this organization helps in finding what you are looking for and focusing on the area(s) of interest. There are many helpful illustrations and a good use of color as well as chapter summaries and all the exercises you could ever hope for. A very excellent feature is the use of application problems that take you step-by-step through building an Excel spreadsheet. This is tremendously useful. The web support is also a good help as well as the streaming video vignettes. I honestly find this topic very interesting and the 11th edition of this book to be a very valuable resource.
Rating:
Summary: A standard text for cost accounting
Review: If you are looking for a single volume "bible" on cost accounting, this is likely the best book in print today to fit that bill. It is comprehensive in scope yet has many strengths to ease comprehension and aid readability. The topics are grouped in six main sections each with several chapters on that topic. Since it is unlikely that you will read this reference / text book left to right as you would a novel this organization helps in finding what you are looking for and focusing on the area(s) of interest. There are many helpful illustrations and a good use of color as well as chapter summaries and all the exercises you could ever hope for. A very excellent feature is the use of application problems that take you step-by-step through building an Excel spreadsheet. This is tremendously useful. The web support is also a good help as well as the streaming video vignettes. I honestly find this topic very interesting and the 11th edition of this book to be a very valuable resource.
Rating:
Summary: A standard text for cost accounting
Review: If you are looking for a single volume "bible" on cost accounting, this is likely the best book in print today to fit that bill. It is comprehensive in scope yet has many strengths to ease comprehension and aid readability. The topics are grouped in six main sections each with several chapters on that topic. Since it is unlikely that you will read this reference / text book left to right as you would a novel this organization helps in finding what you are looking for and focusing on the area(s) of interest. There are many helpful illustrations and a good use of color as well as chapter summaries and all the exercises you could ever hope for. A very excellent feature is the use of application problems that take you step-by-step through building an Excel spreadsheet. This is tremendously useful. The web support is also a good help as well as the streaming video vignettes. I honestly find this topic very interesting and the 11th edition of this book to be a very valuable resource.
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Summary: Cost Accounting-A Managerial Emphasis by Horngren et al.
Review: In graduate school, I utilized this text. In addition, the work
was helpful in preparing for and passing the Uniform CPA Exam.
There is good coverage of cost-volume analysis, equivalent
units, margin analysis and other important topics for qualifying
examinations i.e. CPA Exam. The tables and graphical
presentations are helpful as are the problem sets. This work is
for the serious student in accounting.The course requires some
serious study, particularly in the area of process costing.
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Summary: Love-Hate Relationship
Review: Strenghts: Quite readable considering the subject. Terms are laid out in bold face and concepts are explained in identifiable sections. The summary at the end reinforces concepts and key terms. The end of chapter questions give you something to think about. Most examples are easy to follow. Weaknesses: Some concepts that include examples are explained with formulas in parentheses so that you have to stop reading and look at the figure. Not bad but I like them in the figure or in footnotes. Some of the exercises/problems were difficult to relate to the examples in the book. Other than that this book is great. What would make this book a 5? The study guide.
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Summary: Plausible Examples?
Review: The authors obviously have a great sense of humor. I love the problem where the dog had eaten part of the controller's information, and the controller had to use numbers from uneaten scraps to reconstruct the company's financial statements and variance analyses. Stuff like this happens all the time, in the real world. Compared to Cost Accounting, all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance.
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Summary: Cost Accounting-A Managerial Emphasis by Horngren et al.,
Review: the best costing book
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Summary: CGA-Canada
Review: The CGA course makes use of this book quite often. I beleive CGA students should buy this book when registering for the course.
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