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Managerial and Cost Accounting
MANAGERIAL AND COST
ACCOUNTING
LARRY M. WALTHER & CHRISTOPHER J. SKOUSEN

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Contents

Contents
Part 1. Introduction to Managerial Accounting

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1.
1.1

Managerial Accounting
Professional Certifications in Management Accounting

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2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
2.7
2.7.1
2.7.2

Planning, Directing, and Controlling
Decision Making
Planning
Strategy
Positioning
Budgets
Directing
Costing
Production
Analysis
Controlling
Monitor
Scorecard

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Cost Components

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4.
4.1

Product Versus Period Costs
Period Costs

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Managerial and Cost Accounting

Financial Statement Issues that are Unique to Manufacturers
Schedule of Raw Materials
Schedule of Work in Process
Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured
Schedule of Cost of Goods Sold
The Income Statement
Reviewing Cost of Flow Concepts for a Manufacturer
Critical Thinking About Cost Flow

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Part 2. Cost-Volume-Profit and Business Scalability

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6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6

Cost Behavior
The Nature of Costs
Variable Costs
Fixed Costs

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