Cost Management - Strategies for Business Decisions

PART 1: Setting the Strategic Foundation: The Importance of Analysing and Managing Costs
Cost Management and Strategic Decision Making: Evaluating Opportunities and Leading Change
Product Costing Concepts and Systems
Cost estimation

PART 2: Activity-Based Management
Activity-Based Costing Systems
Customer Profitability and Activity-Based Management
Managing Quality and Time to Create Value

PART 3: Planning and Decision Making
Cost Management and Short-Term Decision Making
Strategic Investment Decisions
Budgeting and Financial Planning

PART 4: Product Costing and Cost Allocation
Job and Order Costing
Joint Product and Process Cost Systems
Managing and Allocating Support Service Costs

PART 5: Performance Measurement and Management
Analysis and Management of Cost Variances
Organizational Design, Responsibility Accounting and Evaluation of Divisional Performance
Transfer Pricing
Strategy, Balanced Scorecards, and Incentive Systems