Accounting for Managers

ABOUT THE AUTHORDr. Mriganka Chakraborty (M.Com. M.Phil. Ph.D.) has been working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Commerce Don Bosco College Tura Meghalaya. He has a teaching experience of almost 20 years in the UG and PG level. He has successfully guided a number of projects in U.G. Level. He already published research articles in more than 22 reputed journals and edited books. He has also presented research paper in more than 20 national and international seminars and conferences. Moreover as author he already published three books. His areas of interest include Financial Management Accounting Entrepreneurship and Tea Industry.ABOUT THE BOOKThe current book on accounting for managers has been written to incorporate some of the important topics of Management or Managerial Accounting. The first chapter provides the detail description on the introductory part relating to meaning of management accounting objectives nature and scope of Management Accounting cost management etc. The second chapter provides a detailed account on the various techniques of financial statement analysis. The third unit deals with the various aspects of budgetary control. The fourth unit deals with the techniques of standard costing and variance analysis. The fifth unit provides a detailed account of the technique of marginal costing and break-even analysis. In each chapter in the beginning the theoretical background is provided and then practical problems with solutions are provided so that the readers can reinforce their understanding of the chapters and prepare themselves thoroughly for the examinations.