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Dry Reading
Like most books about quality control and quality assurance, this one is a sleeper, too. What is even more interesting is that an author could write a 300-page book about this subject! Dry as it is - and that may be no fault of the author - the book has some valuable ideas about auditing. The chapters are short and well organized, making it easier to find a good "stop-for-the day point." I'd suggest putting on a pot of coffee and giving it a shot. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Auditing    2. Auditing - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Entrepreneurship    6. General    7. Quality Control    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Business & Economics / Quality Control    10. Management accounting   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Managerial accounting    6. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management   

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Easy to grasp and yet informative
This textbook ties everything together very well and in a proper sequence which makes it easy for the reader to understand. Graphical approac made the linkage even more easier and understandable. The cases were quite goodtoo and aid students in applying the concept. Certainly a suitable book foranyone who wants to see how management accounting takes place in anorganization . ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Case studies    7. Controllership    8. Cost control    9. Managerial accounting    10. Strategic planning    11. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    12. Management & management techniques    13. Management accounting   

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Yes it can happen to you!
A superbly practical and comprehensive guide - cogent and succinct but thorough. Having just gone through an office disaster similar to worked examples and real life situations presented in the book, incurring tens of thousands of dollars of damages and subsequent insurance claims, I can highly recommend this book as a must read for prevention purposes and a user-friendly guide for when it happens to you. I never thought I would need it, and was so grateful to have a copy on hand to reassure my decision-making in working through all the clean-up afterwards. It is an excellent resource not only for small businesses, but also for any office situation - non-profits, community groups, churches, synagogues etc. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Disaster Relief Services    6. Emergency management    7. Human Services    8. Planning    9. Small Business - General    10. Small Business Management    11. Small business    12. Strategic Planning    13. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    14. Business & Economics / Systems & Planning    15. Business & Economics-Accounting - Managerial    16. Business & Economics-Small Business - General    17. Finance & Accounting    18. Management & management techniques   

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Not so good for novice
Probably the book is good for the experienced, but not so good for beginners like me. Although it addresses the questions like "what BSC is", I failed to get a clear picture of the art, and I'm waiting for some other books on the topic from Amazon.
Cuts to the chase - practical approach
I've read a number of BSC books, from Kaplan & Norton's original classic, to later works, and this is one of the very few that goes into practical implementation and management of a balanced scorecard.Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate Planning    5. Entrepreneurship    6. Evaluation    7. Industrial productivity    8. Manufacturing    9. Measurement    10. Organizational effectiveness    11. Production Engineering    12. Strategic Planning    13. Technology    14. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    15. Business strategy    16. Management & management techniques   

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Required for ACCT301@UMUC for my BS in Marketing
This book made it so easy to understand everything I needed to know for my course!Raiborn lays everything out in a very simple straightforward way, plus the examples are great! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    7. Financial accounting    8. Management accounting   

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First Impressions - not too good
There are a lot of typos and errors in this book.It is like the editor didn't even do any editing.Not only did they incorrectly publish their web address -- there are multiple problems that are incorrect. So many, in fact, they have a section on their website dedicated to corrections -- but some very blatent ones I found aren't even there.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Finance    7. Financial Accounting    8. Business & Economics / Finance   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Budget in business    4. Budgeting    5. Business & Economics    6. Business / Economics / Finance    7. Business/Economics    8. Management    9. Management - General    10. Management Accounting    11. Budgeting & financial management    12. Business & Economics / General   

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Provides the best examples in the industry
This book presents clear examples of the critical practices of project management. Ursula makes complex work breakdown structure (WBS) and scheduling techniques easy. Her experience as a practitioner and instructor shines through this work. If you want a dry, academic book...go elsewhere. This is a dynamic presentation of important cost and scheduling practices for those of us who really need to apply them on projects. There is no other book out there in its class.
A concise and coherent treatment - a great reference book.
This book is hands-down most useful, clear, and light-weight treatment of the topic I ever owned.It imparts the essential project management fundamentals related to cost and schedule control in a language that is readable and easily internalized.The simple clear-cut analogies Ms. Kuehn employs supply handy "gut feel" mnemonic help for the techniques and the formulae.The book is at once a good tutorial for a novice and a handy concise reference for a pro. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Cost control    6. Engineering economy    7. Project Management   

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Non-Quantitiative & of Limited Value
For individuals actually interested in quantitative measurements of intellectual property value, this book is largely a waste of time.The text is full of a lot of business school "value creation" idealism and has little practical value in my opinion.Indeed, for those really interested in valuing intellectual property and intangible assets, see the associated book by Gordon V. Smith and Russell L. Parr.This text has everything you are looking for and this book is unnecessary.

Good quick Introduction
This book has its good points and its bad points. The good thing is that it is very well written, concise and easy to read. It brings important points to light and is a good start at dealing with a large complex issue. The bad aspect is that the book tends to rely on the experience of the author in developing the models that are at the heart of the book, rather on validated and tested truths. An invaluable introduction to IC Management
"In 1999, CEO Magazine and Arthur Andersen hosted a roundtable luncheon for CEOs interested in discussing intellectual capital (IC) and its impact on the firm as we know it. The luncheon drew 17 CEOsrepresenting both manufacturing and service industry companies. All wereintrigued by the potential hidden value that the intellectual capitalperspective suggests lies untapped within their businesses, but none knewwhat kinds of value they could obtain from their company's intangibleassets or how they might go about it. They just knew that there was hiddenvalue in their companies and that it was somehow wrapped up in thethoughts, skills, innovations, and abilities of their employees. Theywanted to learn more about this value: how to harness it, direct it, andextract value from it. This book is written for those CEOs and for anyoneelse who wants to know how to extract the hidden value that resides withinthe firm's intellectual capital. As of this writing dozens of firmsactively engage in extracting value from their IC. The people directing theactivities for these firms have formed a community(called the ICMGathering) to share their ideas and success stories. With the expectationof a very few proprietary bits of information that could be useful tocompetitors, these firms are willing to share their knowledge, and thisbook draws heavily on their experiences. The purpose of this book is tohelp businesses profit from one of their most important assets, theirintellectual capital" (from the Introduction pp.3-4).Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Budgeting    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Capital Management    7. Information Management    8. Intellectual capital    9. Intellectual property    10. Knowledge management    11. Management    12. Management Science    13. Budgeting & financial management    14. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    15. Intellectual property, copyright & patents   

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An excellent resource for the audit professional!
This book is a classic "hands on" audit reference; written with the same "how to" style as "Operational Profitability". I highly recommend this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Auditing    2. Auditing - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Business & Economics / Auditing    7. Management accounting   

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Auditing    4. Auditing - General    5. Business & Economics    6. Business / Economics / Finance    7. Business/Economics    8. Corporations    9. Financial statements    10. Law and legislation    11. Taxation    12. United States    13. Budgeting & financial management    14. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Managerial accounting    7. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management   

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This Book is a Must Read to Understand Economic Profit
When practitioners, who have actually rolled up their sleeves and implemented, write a book, it is usually a good read. In Eleanor Bloxham's case, this is a great read. Cutting Through the Confusion about Performance Metrics
Corporate senior executives are subjected to pressure for performance from many constituents - shareholders, customers, employees, governmental and regulatory authorities, rating agencies, board members, and securities analysts.And, since these are by definition high achieving individuals, some of the greatest pressure is from within.The existence of many constituents, many with conflicting objectives, often makes it very difficult for CEO's, CFO's and board members to focus on key performance goals and metrics.Over the course of my 34 year career as a corporate banker, I've seen many confused executives, pressured for EPS growth, revenue growth, ROE, but not necessarily understanding the long run impact of any or all of these performance metrics. essential, but enjoyable reading for excecutives
A friend of mine recommended this book to be, but when I first saw the title of the book I wasn't sure what it was going toRead more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporate Finance    6. Economic value added    7. Economics - General    8. Entrepreneurship    9. Management    10. Management Accounting    11. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    12. Finance & Accounting    13. Management & management techniques   

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Not difficult but detailed.
This is a very advanced begining accounting text used by Harvard University in its accounting courses. It combines both Financial and Management Accounting and it is extremely detailed. Their are no solutions in the tests for their very difficult problems and I have not found a study guide to accompany it thus far. Do not buy it if you are not familiar with accounting. This is a textbook.

Good High Level Overview
I would recommend this text for higher level accounting/financial analysis courses.There are many other books out there to dive into the exact nature of making journal entries etc. so don't think of this as an excellent beginner to intermediate stlye text.
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Fairly quick delivery, book in good shape, good price
At the college book store, this was $140.I purchased it here for $90 (after tax and shipping) brand new with a minor manufacturing defect to the spine.It was well worth the purchase and the saved money. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Financial    3. Accounting - Governmental    4. Accounting - Managerial    5. Business & Economics    6. Business / Economics / Finance    7. Business/Economics    8. Management Accounting    9. Managerial accounting    10. Non-Profit Organizations Management    11. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    12. Nonprofit organizations    13. Business & Economics / Accounting / Governmental    14. Management & management techniques    15. Non-profitmaking organizations   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Banks & Banking    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Finance    7. Business & Economics / Banks & Banking    8. Management accounting   

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Not worth it
This is a book of auditing case studies without solutions to the cases, for someone purchasing the text for their own use it was impossible to get the solutions from the publisher they refused my request. Do not purchase this text if you are using it for self study. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Auditing    3. Auditing - General    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Case studies    8. Forensic accounting    9. Business & Economics / Accounting / General   

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New Direction in Managerial Accounting textbooks
Cunningham et al have added extensive coverage for the role accountants need to play in start-up companies. This is something quite new and exciting to find presented in a managerial accounting textbook. The older textbooks like Horngren were all focused on how you eliminate inefficiences found in the manufacturing process. So what do you do when much of that manufacturing is either contracted out or has moved to China?
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Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Computers / Financial Applications / General    7. Management accounting   

Subjects:  1. Auditing    2. Auditing - General    3. Auditing, Internal    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Business & Economics / Auditing    8. Management accounting