{"product_id":"management-accounting-change-chandana-alawattage-9780415393324","title":"Management Accounting Change: Approaches and Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by two experienced lecturers, this is the first student-centered textbook to bridge the technical and theoretical aspects of management accounting change. Packed full of pedagogical features, including mini-cases, learning outcomes, key terms, article summaries, key concept boxes, real-world cases, chapter summaries and further reading suggestions and resources, it is clear and accessibly written, covering all the major emerging topics in management accounting theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscussing technical developments in management accounting from conventional cost accounting to contemporary strategic management accounting and beyond, in four parts it: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eshows how conventional cost accounting techniques and management control models evolved in line with the development of mass production and bureaucracy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexplores how recent developments such as customer and strategic orientations in business, flexible manufacturing, post-bureaucracy, network and virtual organizational technologies implicate in management accounting\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eprovides a number of alternative theories through which the transition of management accounting from mechanistic to post-mechanistic approaches can be explained - elaborating both rational and interpretive\/critical theories. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis excellent text meets a desperate need for an advanced management accounting textbook that incorporates theory and practice and is accessible and engaging for all those studying in this challenging area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chandana Alawattage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415393329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415393324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.98w x 1.05d","brand":"Chandana Alawattage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670516191487,"sku":"9780415393324","price":84.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/management-accounting-change-chandana-alawattage-9780415393324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}