Cost Management: Accounting & Control [Hardcover]

Don R. Hansen (Author), Maryanne M. Mowen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 21, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0324069731 | ISBN-13: 978-0324069730 | Edition: 4

Cost Management: Accounting and Control emphasizes that changing conditions often require a change in cost management systems. Emphasizing this point stresses the dynamic and exciting nature of the field. By taking a systems approach -- one that first covers functional-based cost and control and then activity-based cost systems -- students understand both how to understand and manage any cost management system.

Editorial Reviews

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This textbook is a very well-written, logically organized, and quite up-to-date textbook in Cost Management. It complements the text discussion with real-world examples. It has comprehensive cases.

The text is fairly easy to read and contains good examples and illustrations. The test bank is very good and is easy to use.

The text is well-written with good examples and illustrations.

Problems and exercises are concise, not wordy. The problems cover material presented in chapters. Material throughout text is very current and technically accurate.

About the Author

Dr. Don R. Hansen is Professor of Accounting at Oklahoma State University. He received his PhD from the University of Arizona in 1977. He has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Brigham Young University. His research interests include activity-based costing and mathematical modeling. He has published articles in accounting and engineering journals including THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW, JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, ACCOUNTING HORIZONS, and IIE TRANSACTIONS. He also served on the editorial board of THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW. His outside interests include taking part in family and church activities, reading, watching movies, watching sports, and studying Spanish.

Dr. Maryanne M. Mowen is Associate Professor of Accounting at Oklahoma State University. She received her PhD from Arizona State University. With degrees in economics and history, Dr. Mowen brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to teaching and writing in both cost accounting and management accounting. Her research interests include management accounting, behavioral decision theory, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and she teaches an ethics course about the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on the accounting profession. She has published articles in journals such as DECISION SCIENCE, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY, and JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RESEARCH. Dr. Mowen has served as a consultant to midsized and Fortune 100 companies and works with corporate controllers on management accounting issues. Outside the classroom, she enjoys hiking, traveling, reading mysteries, and solving crossword puzzles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1056 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College/West; 4 edition (February 21, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324069731
• ISBN-13: 978-0324069730
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,449,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Graduate Accounting ARGHHH!!!, August 3, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cost Management: Accounting and Control (Hardcover)

Pretty good book that explains complex subject matter in an easy to understand manner. MBA students without an accounting background can easily comprehend the concepts presented. The only fault I found is that sometimes the authors get too wordy trying to make their point. One of the best accounting textbooks I've used in my educational career.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not The Best Textbook on Cost Management, November 18, 2008

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This review is from: Cost Management: Accounting and Control, 6th Edition (Hardcover)

I have purchased this textbook for self learning. I also have two other textbooks on the same subject (Hilton's and Bamber's). This is one is the worst of the lot. It is wordy to the point of distraction. The authors do a poor job clearly explaining concepts. For example, in the chapter dealing with cost behavior, their explanation on the methods for separating mixed costs into its respective parts using high/lo and least squares and etc. is mind numbingly confusing. I compared this chapter to my other two references and they both were clearer. Actually, Bamber's is much better then Hilton's - simple and straight forward. Sad to say but I may toss this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Make sure that your buy the correct edition!!!!, January 25, 2008

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Lecturersbooks (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cost Management: Accounting and Control, 6th Edition (Hardcover)

A new 6th edition of Hansen has just published. This has a green/black cover with an aircraft cockpit on it (ISBN 0324559674). If you still want to buy the old 5th edition (why?), only buy the one with a black/brown cover showing people around a table. Make sure you buy the correct edition. I have just has two buyers buy the wrong edition because they didn't check the ISBN or edition details correctly.