To those who have studied this stuff before: which of the following two textbooks would you recommend for some insight into the finance/control field? Management Accounting (5th Edition) (9780136005315): Anthony A. Atkinson, Robert S. Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, S. Mark Young http://www.amazon.com/Management-Accounting-5th-Anthony-Atkinson/dp/0136005314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254671506&sr=1-1 Managerial Accounting (9780073379616): Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer http://www.amazon.com/Managerial-Accounting-Ray-Garrison/dp/0073379611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254671582&sr=1-1 Thanks.
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Neither http://www.amazon.ca/Cost-Accounting-Managerial-Emphasis-Canadian/dp/0131971905/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254745854&sr=8-1 Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, Fourth Canadian Edition (Hardcover) Charles T. Horngren Bro, check my name out. I know what I am talking about.
crap, you prob want the US version, my bad.
supersharpshooter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To those who have studied this stuff before: which > of the following two textbooks would you recommend > for some insight into the finance/control field? > > > Management Accounting (5th Edition) > (9780136005315): Anthony A. Atkinson, Robert S. > Kaplan, Ella Mae Matsumura, S. Mark Young > > http://www.amazon.com/Management-Accounting-5th-An > thony-Atkinson/dp/0136005314/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s= > books&qid=1254671506&sr=1-1 > > > > Managerial Accounting (9780073379616): Ray > Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer > > http://www.amazon.com/Managerial-Accounting-Ray-Ga > rrison/dp/0073379611/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qi > d=1254671582&sr=1-1 > > Thanks. The first by Atkinson et al is the best. I have used Ray Garrison in the past and I think it is crap. Check out Horngren, Datar & Foster(should be 13th edition), very good text too.
Neither - Will get the name of the book I used in final year when I get home…had some good explanations in it.
KarenC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Neither - Will get the name of the book I used in > final year when I get home…had some good > explanations in it. Colin Drury? That is the only good book the British have, unless the Irish have their books too.
If I’m not mistaken it was an Irish author - I’ll get the details in a few hours anyway but it had good explanations for the basics and techniques but I wouldn’t say it is the most advanced book on the market so it depends on what you are looking for.
I_HeartAccounting Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Neither > > http://www.amazon.ca/Cost-Accounting-Managerial-Em > phasis-Canadian/dp/0131971905/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s > =books&qid=1254745854&sr=8-1 > > Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, Fourth > Canadian Edition (Hardcover) > Charles T. Horngren > > Bro, check my name out. I know what I am talking > about. cool, thanks for the link (i live in canada) so i take it you’ve also checked out the 2 books that i posted originally?
I took the managerial accounting course back in college but don’t remember much from it. It felt out of the blue at the time because we didn’t take management strategy courses along with them (ie. study activity based costing, etc.) What do you guys use it for?
i need it for a new analyst gig edit: posted too much info
I was mistaken, not an Irish author but european edition: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Management-Accounting-Will-Seal/dp/0077109392/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254816486&sr=8-3 Not sure this would be sufficient for an analyst gig as it does a lot of the basics and is really easy to understand but without seeing other books I couldn’t tell you if it goes into enough detail.
Ray Garrison, Eric Noreen, Peter Brewer - this is the text we used in my management accounting course, I thought it was pretty decent.