00905nam a2200109Ia 4500080002200000100002800022245010800050260003500158300001600193520056600209583002000775  aLRC 12.04.01 N532  aChristopher, William F.  aNew management accounting : how leading-edge companies use management accounting to improve performance  bCrisp Pub.aMenlo ParkUSc1998  axvi, 105 p.  aDescribes new management accounting (NMA) systems used by leading companies to inform their action planning, performance measurement, and decision making.  Presents NMA as a convergence of accounting and financial theory, methods and measures; managerial economics; and Total Quality Management.  Identifies best practices used by these companies including:\n activity based costing and activity based management; cost planning and cost control in manufacturing; focus on customer value;  redesigning work processes; and, training and development at all levels.  c7/31/03kTESSAH