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Using the Harvard Case Method, Accounting for Managers covers both financial and managerial topics in one term. It introduces readers to the terminology forms and formats of financial statements and accounting analyses and illustrations. This approach is employed so the users can comprehend much of what goes on. Accounting for Managers will prepare you to deal with the current and future developments which face accountants and managers in situations where complex financial transactions, events, and status must be communicated.
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Drawing on his required "Financial Reporting and Control" course for MBA students at the Harvard Business School, and feedback from some 8,000 of his students since 1990, international consultant Bruns integrates 42 case studies (citations for which are the only references) based on actual companies with the analytical framework to enable managers to work with rather than defer to accountants in making complex business decisions. Coverage demystifies: accounting and financial reporting, how accountants measure and report, managing financial reporting, cost concepts and analysis, product costing and cost management, basic capital investment analysis, and measurements for management control. Includes two review cases. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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