Principles of Cost Accounting 15th ed (intro txt) - E. VanDerbeck (Cengage, 2010) BBS

Why Study Cost Accounting?
The 15th edition of Principles of Cost Accounting, in an easily accessible
presentation, applies cost concepts, cost behavior, and cost accounting
techniques to manufacturing, merchandising, and service businesses. Students
learn how to determine costs of products and services more accurately;
use the knowledge of product and service costs to set selling prices,
to bid on contracts, and to analyze the relative profitability of various
products and services; use techniques to measure the performance of
managers and subunits within an organization; design an accounting system
to fit the production and distribution system of an organization; and use the
accounting system as a tool to motivate managers towards the organization’s
goals.