Cost Accounting for Managerial Planning Decision Making and Control 5e or Substance Abuse in the WorkPlace

Cost Accounting for Managerial Planning, Decision Making and Control, 5e

Author: Andrew Schiff

This text is intended for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in cost accounting at both the basic and advanced levels. It provides complete, concise and clearly written discussions of topics commonly included in a basic course, with an in-depth treatment of selected topics more appropriate for a course in advanced cost accounting. Modular coverage of these topics enables the instructor to present a greater amount of core material in a limited time, while adapting the text to his or her own preferences for course content. By emphasizing the differing uses for cost accounting information, the text makes the student an intelligent provider, user, and interpreter of this information. This strategy is evident in each chapter, as basic concepts are presented and then illustrated with examples and a wide variety of end-of-chapter assignments.

Table of Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. The Role of Cost Accounting
2. Cost Accounting Objectives and Cost Classifications
3. Cost Estimation
4. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
5. Traditional Product Cost Systems: Job Order Cost Systems
6. Traditional Product Cost Systems: Process Cost Systems
7. Cost Allocation
8. Activity Based Costing Systems and Activity Based Management
9. Profit Planning and the Master Budget
10. Standard Costs and Control
11. Flexible Budgets, Overhead Control, and Variance Investigation Decisions
12. Variable Costing
13. Approaches to Special Managerial Decisions
14. Inventory Management
15. Measuring, Reporting, and Controlling Product Quality Costs
16. Capital Budgeting Decisions
17. Responsibility Accounting and Performance Reporting
18. Divisional Performance Measurement

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Substance Abuse in the Workplace

Author: Reginald L Campbell

Substance Abuse in the Workplace makes a valuable contribution tothe national movement to help stem the tide of drug abuse. The book begins with the history of substance abuse, continues with a discussion of how the human body functions normally or under the influence of chemicals, and follows with a toxicological description of the more common chemicals abused today in America.

It discusses ways to help the abuser through identification and assistance programs and also covers the laws involved.

The broad audience for Substance Abuse in the Workplace is includes middle and upper management, labor leaders, industrial hygienists, safety personnel, and workers.

Principles of Microeconomics or The Professional Musicians Legal Companion

Principles of Microeconomics

Author: Karl E Cas

's hardbound Principles of Economics text. This fourth edition contains more international material, and coverage of health-care reform, immigration, urban problems, new trade treaties, and transitional economies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Table of Contents:

Part 1: Introduction to Economics

Ch. 1: The Scope and Method of Economics

Ch. 2: The Economic Problem: Scarcity and Choice

Ch. 3: Demand, Supply, and Market Equilibrium

Ch. 4: Demand and Supply Applications

Ch. 5: Elasticity

Part 2: The Market System: Choices Made by Households and Firms

Ch. 6: Household Behavior and Consumer Choice

Ch. 7: The Production Process: The Behavior of Profit-Maximizing Firms

Ch. 8: Short-Run Costs and Output Decisions

Ch. 9: Long-Run Costs and Output Decisions

Ch. 10: Input Demand: The Labor and Land Markets

Ch. 11: Input Demand: The Capital Market and the Investment Decision

Ch. 12: General Equilibrium and the Efficiency of Perfect Competition

Part 3: Market Imperfections and the Role of Government

Ch. 13: Monopoly and Antitrust Policy

Ch. 14: Oligopoly

Ch. 15: Monopolistic Competition

Ch. 16: Externalities, Public Goods, and Social Choice

Ch. 17: Uncertainty and Asymmetric Information

Ch. 18: Income Distribution and Poverty

Ch. 19: Public Finance: The Economics of Taxation

Part 4: The World Economy

Ch. 20: International Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Protectionism

Ch. 21: Economic Growth in Developing and Transitional Economies

 

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The Professional Musician's Legal Companion

Author: Michael Aczon

Do you find the legal aspects of the music business daunting? Are you seeking recording contracts or other business relationships, but you have financial concerns over the costs of attorneys? Have you, like many musicians, had a bad experience or bad impression of entertainment attorneys? If you're ready to address these issues and embrace the responsibility of your career, let this guide be your legal companion. By taking the time to become well informed and prepared, you'll be able to work better with an attorney to suit your style and specific needs. In an effort to get to the core of the legal issues without confusing you, this book is very straightforward. You'll get an introduction to all the legal subjects you should know and how to deal with attorneys. You'll gain an understanding of the four main contracts used in the music business— recording artist, songwriter, artist management, and performance— which are explained in simple, easy-to-comprehend terms. Furthermore, you'll get guidance on how to make the experience with your current attorney, or future attorney, more fruitful, and more time- and cost-effective. With more than 20 years in this business, interacting with many musicians both personally and professionally, Michael A. Aczon shares the many lessons he's learned and takes you on a journey to a better legal understanding of the entertainment industry and your music career.

From Product Description to Cost or The Structure of Womens Nonprofit Organizations

From Product Description to Cost: A Practical Approach: Volume 1 the Parametric Approach

Author: Pierre Foussier

Parametric cost estimating, when properly used, is a very powerful and cost effective technique. Unfortunately, this technique is often misunderstood and rejected by many potential users for whom it could be a beneficial tool. The development of an agreement on how to use it and how to recognise its limitations is a major benefit to the cost estimating community.

From Product Description to Cost: A Practical Approach:

presents different ways of parametrically forecasting costs, and the advantages and disadvantages of these methods by using real examples from the mechanical, software and building industries;

discusses most of the mathematical procedures which are useful for parametrically forecasting costs;

introduces the judgement needed to audit the ways in which these forecasting techniques are used, firstly as a process, and secondly as a tool to generate estimates.

Volume 1: The Parametric Approach contains four parts. Over the course of this volume, cost estimating is introduced; the preparation of data before utilization is discussed; the basic concepts of 'general' cost estimating models are examined; the use of cost models is considered and finally, risk analysis (as it can be used during parametric cost estimating) is introduced.

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The Structure of Women's Nonprofit Organizations

Author: Rebecca L Bordt

In the decades since the women's movement first called for new collective, nonhierarchical modes of organization, have distinctly "feminist" organizational structures evolved? Focusing on women's nonprofit organizations founded in New York City between 1967 and 1988, Rebecca Bordt describes what these organizations look like structurally and explains why they have adopted a particular form.

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Bordt (sociology, U. of Notre Dame) describes the organizational structure of women's nonprofit organizations and uses organizational theory to explain why they adopt a particular form. She presents results of a study of 30 women's nonprofit organizations established in the years 1967-88 in New York City. She concludes that the majority of these groups are hybrid organizations and that as such, their structure is best predicted by a set of factors that differ from those that predict the form of bureaucracies and collectives. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
I	The debate about organizational form in the contemporary women's movement	9
II	What do women's nonprofits look like?	15
III	Rarely bureaucracies or collectives: a typology of women's nonprofits in New York City	35
IV	Why do women's nonprofits look the way they do?	49
V	Conclusion	77
	Appendix: Methodology	83
	Notes	99
	References	103
	Index	111

Cases in Business Ethics or China in the World Market

Cases in Business Ethics (Ivey Casebook Series)

Author: David J Sharp

The Ivey Casebooks Series is a co-publishing partnership between SAGE Publications and the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario. Due to their popularity in more than 60 countries, approximately 200 new cases are added to the Ivey School of Business library each year. Each of the casebooks comes equipped with Instructor's Resources on CD-ROM. These affordable collections will not only help students connect to real-world situations, but will benefit corporations seeking continued education in the field as well.  

Cases in Business Ethics provides the opportunity for students not only to discuss the application of ethical theories in managerial situations, but also to apply judgment and make decisions in a real-world context. This collection of cases focuses on business decision- making, and includes both short and long, more complex cases that highlight the practicalities of business practice and ethical theory. A beneficial feature of Cases in Business Ethics is the variety of ways in which the cases can be organized to fit the course curriculum. The instructor's resources on CD-ROM includes detailed 6-10 page casenotes for each case, preparation questions for students to review before class, discussion questions, and suggested further readings.   

The IVEY Casebook Series
Cases in Business Ethics
Cases in Entrepreneurship
Cases in Gender & Diversity in Organizations
Cases in Operations Management
Cases in Organizational Behavior
Cases in the Environment of Business
Cases inAlliance Management
Mergers and Acquitisions: Text and Cases

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the Ivey Casebook Series - Paul W. Beamish
Preface
Introduction
1. Ethics of the Firm's Relationship With Its Shareholders
Northeastern Mutual Life: Preparing for Employee Terminations
Enron Corp.
Acme Hardware
Fardo Industries Inc.
The Ontario Capital Group
The Jeffrey Verde Account
2. Ethics of the Relationship Between the Firm and Its Customers
Hayward & Guzman: Disposable Contact Lenses
Cruickshank, Garth & Romano
Grandview Excavators Ltd.
Peter Farber (A)
3. Ethics of the Firm's Relationship With Its Employees
Matt Moreau's Dilemma
Coastal Uniforms
CXP Publishing Inc. (A)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce: Digital Employee Privacy
Stamford Machine Corporation: Allegations of Racism
4. Ethical Issues in International Business
Siam Canadian Foods Co., Ltd.
NES China: Business Ethics (A)
N.K.Builders and Contractors-India
Citibank Mexico Team: The Salinas Accounts
Bank of Nova Scotia (Brady Subpoena) (A)
Yahoo v. Survivors of the Holocaust
Talisman Energy Inc.
5. Ethical Issues in Business Policy and Strategy
Biovail Corporation (A)
Enron - What Went Wrong
OrangeWerks: A Question of Ethics
www.centralmba.com
Ethics Management at Imperial Oil Ltd.
6. Corporate Social Responsibility
AWC Inc.: The Ventilation Dilemma
Ethical Funds - The Stevensons' Debate
The Rent-to-Own Industry
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
7. Individual Ethics in the Corporation
Jane Lennox
Simon Donato: Deciding on a Course of Action
TALFI-Sudbury Canada
Winston Liu, Bookman
WestWood Securities (A)
Harrison-Lockington (A)
Graham Stewart - General Manager (A)
John McCulloch - United Beef Packers
Stephen Zhang's Opportunity
Tanya Silk
About the Editor

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China in the World Market: Chinese Industry and International Sources of Reform in the Post-Mao Era

Author: Thomas Gale Moor

Thomas G. Moore examines the role of the outside world as a source of change in post-Mao China. Based on extensive documentary and interview material, the book adds the Chinese case to a long tradition of country-based studies by political economists, historians, and area specialists that have chronicled the experiences of developing countries as they enter specific industrial markets in the world economy. This book will be timely and provocative reading for anyone concerned with the nature of China's deepening participation in the world economy and its consequences for the country's development prospects, internal reforms, and foreign policy.

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Moore (political science, U. of Cincinnati) studies the impact of outside economic forces on the reform and restructuring of Chinese businesses in the period following Deng Xiaoping's institution of the Open Door policy. He argues that industry-specific trade regimes have had a profound impact on the Chinese economy, disrupting state interventionism and promoting reform. Contrary to many analysts, he contends that China has benefited from protectionist trade regimes in such industries as textiles and shipbuilding. China's economy, while relatively open to free trade environments, also has a strong domestic filter that helps its industries compete. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Inefficient Stock Market or Global Development Finance 2004

The Inefficient Stock Market: What Pays Off and Why

Author: Robert A Haugen

Sparked with wit and humor, this clever and insightful book provides clear evidence that the stock market is inefficient. In the author's view, models based on rational economic behavior cannot explain important aspects of market behavior. The book tackles important issues in today's financial market in a highly conversational and entertaining manner that will appeal to most readers. Chapter topics include: estimating expected return with the theories of modern finance, estimating portfolio risk and expected return with ad hoc factor models, payoffs to the five families, predicting future stock returns with the expected-return factor model, super stocks and stupid stocks, the international results, the topography of the stock market, the positive payoffs to cheapness and profitability, the negative payoff to risk, and the forces behind the technical payoffs to price-history. For anyone who wants to learn more about today's financial markets.

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Global Development Finance 2004: The Changing Face of Finance: Analysis and Statistical Appendix

Author: World Bank Group

The external financing environment facing developing countries has brightened. In 2003, as global growth gained momentum, prices for key commodities rose, financial markets recovered, interest rates remained low, and private capital flows to developing countries increased to $200 billion -- their highest level in five years. Harnessing these gains to promote long-term investment and growth is the key theme of Global Development Finance 2004. Much of the developing world still has difficulty accessing the international capital markets. International investment in developing-country infrastructure has declined dramatically since 1997 and -- with the exception of trade finance -- private capital flows remain heavily concentrated in specific countries and regions. Although official aid flows have increased, they remain well below the levels required to meet the Millennium Development Goals.

In several developing countries, there has been a large scale build-up in official reserves, much of which has been invested in the financial markets of advanced economies, especially the United States -- epitomizing the diverse landscape of contemporary development finance, as well as intricate linkages between exchange rates, trade and capital flows, and the growing interdependence between developed and developing countries. Global Development Finance 2004, I: Analysis and Summary Tables is the World Bank's annual review of recent trends in and prospects for financial flows to developing countries. It highlights sources of vulnerability and risk in the recovery in private flows, notably the likely increases in interest rates in the advanced economies, volatility in major currencies and financial markets stemming from large global current-account imbalances, and fears of policy slippages in macroeconomic management in developing countries. It also contains the World Bank's assessment of the global outlook in light of the recent economic recovery.

Global Development Finance 2004, II: Summary and Country Tables includes a comprehensive set of tables of data for 136 countries that report under the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary data for regions and income groups. It contains data on total external debt stocks and flows, aggregates, and key debt ratios, and provides a detailed, country-by-country picture of debt. Global Development Finance 2004 debt data are also available on CD-ROM, with more than 200 historical time series from 1970 to 2002, and country group estimates for 2003. With analysis and data spanning from short-term trade to long-term infrastructure finance, Global Development Finance 2004 is unique in its breadth of coverage of the issues related to international development finance. By providing a comprehensive review of recent trends in and prospects for all development-related flows (including debt, equity, official aid, and workers' remittances), Global Development Finance 2004 enables government officials, economists, investors, financial consultants, academics, and policymakers in the development community to better understand, manage, and promote the key challenge of financing development in today's globalized environment.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	xi
	Acknowledgments	xiii
	Selected Abbreviations	xv
	Overview and Policy Messages: Harnessing Cyclical Gains for Development	3
Chapter 1	The Global Upturn and the Need for Adjustment	13
	Adjustment, recovery, and imbalances in the high-income countries	15
	Developing countries: a favorable outlook, but risks remain	20
	Regional prospects	25
	Advanced-economy policies and the outlook for development finance	33
	Note	34
	References	34
Chapter 2	Private Debt Finance for Developing Countries	37
	Conditions affecting the supply of funds	38
	Conditions affecting the demand for funds	41
	Ongoing structural change in financing	44
	Bond flows responded strongly to the external environment and domestic conditions	45
	Bank lending picked up	52
	Progress in reforming the international financial architecture	58
	Prospects for private debt flows	63
	Notes	63
	References	64
Annex	Commercial Debt Restructuring	65
Chapter 3	Shifting Forms of Equity Finance for Developing Countries	77
	Trends in FDI flows in 2003	78
	The shifting composition of FDI toward services	82
	Trends in portfolio equity flows to developing countries	90
	Why portfolio equity flows are so much smaller than FDI and debt flows	94
	Prospects for 2004-2005	96
Annex A	FDI Forecasting Model	100
Annex B	Top 25 International Equity Deals in 2003	101
	Notes	102
	References	103
Chapter 4	The Changing Landscape for Official Flows	107
	Recent trends in official flows	108
	Prospects for a rise in official aid	110
	Strategic considerations and aid flows	113
	Progress in raising aid effectiveness	115
	The Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative	119
	The growing importance of international civil society in development	119
	Notes	123
	References	124
Chapter 5	Financing Developing Countries' Trade	127
	Evolution in the sources, magnitude, and methods of trade finance	128
	Access of less creditworthy borrowers to trade finance	137
	Trade finance in times of crisis	140
	Notes	144
	References	145
Chapter 6	The Challenge of Financing Infrastructure in Developing Countries	149
	The changing balance between the public and private sectors	151
	Recent developments in private external financing	154
	Unlocking the potential of the global capital markets	161
	Notes	165
	References	166
Appendix A	Enhancing the Developmental Effect of Workers' Remittances to Developing Countries	169
Appendix B	Summary Statistical Tables	175
	Tables
1	Net capital flows to developing countries, 1997-2003	4
2	Net private capital flows to developing countries, 1997-2003	8
1.1	Global outlook in summary, 2002-2006	14
1.2	Financing of U.S. current account deficit, 1999-2003	18
1.3	Export revenues of developing countries, 2000-06	22
1.4	Developing-country growth, 1991-2006	24
1.5	Growth in Europe and Central Asia, 1991-2006	25
1.6	Growth in South Asia, 1991-2006	27
1.7	Growth in East Asia and Pacific, 1991-2006	28
1.8	Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1991-2006	29
1.9	Growth in the Middle East and North Africa, 1991-2006	30
1.10	Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1991-2006	33
2.1	Net debt flows to developing countries by region, 2000-03	37
2.2	Gross market-based debt flows to developing countries, 2000-03	38
2.3	Declining severity of contagion over time	40
2.4	Selected indicators of debt burden, 1997-2003	44
2.5	Net bank flows to developing countries, 2001-03	52
2.6	Average spreads on medium- and long-term announced loans, 1999-2003	53

Romancing the Clock or Microsoft Office 2003

Romancing the Clock (NetEffect Series)

Author: Marvin Karlins

The NetEffect series is your one source for hands-on, appliedbooks for business “soft skills” training courses. The books in the NetEffect series are written by authors with experience in education and industry and contain real-world information and advice to help readers develop the skills they need to succeed in today's workplace. The books are supported by leader's guides, Companion Websites, free JWA Videos, and (selected titles) self-paced exercise guides. Topics covered include: Choosing a career, time management, interpersonal relationships and avoiding pitfalls. This book is of interest to anyone in the workforce.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	About the Author
	What My Doctor's Appointment Taught Me About Time Management	1
1	Don't Accumulate Possessions That Create More Hassle Than Joy	5
2	Money Is Time: Use It to Purchase Positives and Sell "Shoelaces" in Your Life	15
3	Prune Your Interpersonal Relationships	24
4	Give the Green Face Syndrome the Red Light	29
5	Don't Get Down on Your Luck	35
6	Choose a Career As If a Third of Your Life Depended on It: It Does	43
7	Revel in the Journey or Skip the Trip!	57
8	Don't Always Put Off Until Tomorrow What You Can Enjoy Today	62
9	Avoid the Pitfalls of Perfectionism	66
10	Pursue a Healthy Lifestyle: It Enhances Joyful Living	71
11	When You Must Do Battle ... Pick Your Fights with Care	87
12	A Metaphor to Live By	98
	Index	103

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Microsoft Office 2003, Vol. 2

Author: Stephen Haag

The I-Series leads the student through clear, error-free, and unambiguous steps to accomplish tasks that produce a finished document, work sheet or database table. The approach is not simply results-oriented; teaching how to accomplish a task is not enough for complete understanding and mastery. Prior to introducing steps, the authors discuss why each step is important and what roll all the steps play in the overall plan for creating a document, workbook or database. The I-Series Applications textbooks strongly emphasize that students learn and master applications skills by being actively engaged by doing.