Includes index.

Contents: Discovering cost and management accounting: Cost analysis and cost ascertainment -- The Basics of cost and mmanagement accounting -- Materials and labour -- Overheads -- Costing methods : job, batch and contract costing -- Planning and control : Planning, control and cost behavior -- Budgeting -- Budgeting relationships and cash budgeting -- Standard costing -- Decision-making and performance appraisal : Decision-making and marginal costing -- Risk and uncertainty and break-even analysis -- Investment appraisal -- Performance appraisal -- Developing knowledge and skills: Cost analysis and cost ascertianment -- Planning and control -- Decision-making and performance appraisal.