00934nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000220001710000280003924501080006726000350017530000160021052005660022658300200079220260716043509.0  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