00992nam a2200145Ia 4500 20260716043509.0 LRC 12.04.01 N532 Christopher, William F. New management accounting : how leading-edge companies use management accounting to improve performance Crisp Pub. Menlo ParkUS 1998 xvi, 105 p. Describes 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. 7/31/03 TESSAH M N532 LRC 48470 48470