Management Accounting: A Road of Discovery

Through the narrative device of the challenges faced by a fictitious family-owned small business, a relatively non-technical treatment is presented of how accounting can save the day when it comes to creating value, developing cash budgets from proformas, motivating through accounting information, and managing the improvement process via decision-focused management using the theory of constraints and capital budgeting. Includes chapter-end reading lists, and a glossary of key terms. Mackey is based at California State U.-Sacramento, and Thomas is with the U. of Nevada-Reno. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)