ACTIVITY-BASED COST MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT, : 2ND ED

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ACTIVITY-BASED COST MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT, : 2ND ED

By GARY COKINS (Author)

ISBN 1-56726-181-7

Pages 355

Year 2006

Edition 02

Publisher MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, INC.

Subject MANAGEMENT

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Description

Activity Based Cost Management in Government,2nd Edition, makes it easy to understand the behavior and economics of your cost structure.Determine the true cost of your processes,outputs and outcomes so the you can achieve Optimal performance.

‣Identify the advantages of activity-based cost management versus traditional costing methods to improve productivity and increase value.

‣Understand why output costs are high and what drivers cause those levels.

‣Learn what the true costs are the serve different types of internal and external end-users and citizens.

‣Predict future expense levels with activity-based planning and activity-based budgeting

‣Learn how to design, construct, and implement an effective activity-based cost management systems.

‣Explore how and why managerial accounting in evolving into managerial economics

About Author(s)

Gary Cokins is an award-winning, internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in advanced cost management and performance improvement systems. Gary was the lead author of the acclaimed An ABC Manager's Primer, sponsored by the Institute of Management Accounts(IMA) and the Consortium for Advanced Manufactures-International (CAM-I). His other books include Activity Based Cost Management: An Executive Guide and his latest work, Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces to close the Intelligence Gap. He Serves on several professional society committees, including the American Society got Quality's quality cost committee and the supply chain council's supply chain operations reference(SCOR) framework cost metrics committee.

Content

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 The Utility of ABC/M in Government:Some Opening Comments

Chapter 2 Understanding ABC/M: A Few Basic Truths

Chapter 3 If ABC is the Answer, What is the Question?

Chapter 4 Fundamentals: What is ABC/M?

Chapter 5 Using ABC/M Attributes to Assess Quality and Value

Chapter 6 Performance Management Using Strategy Maps and the Balanced Scorecard

Chapter 7 Activity-based Budgeting: Myth or Reality?

Chapter 8 A Framework for Balancing and Integrating Cost, Performance, and Risk Management

Chapter 9 Implementing ABC/M through Rapid Prototyping