Product Description

Introduce your students to the dynamic, exciting nature of cost management as this edition demonstrates how today's conditions consistently require change in cost management systems. Hansen/Mowen/Guan's COST MANAGEMENT: ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL, Sixth Edition, first covers functional-based cost and control and then activity-based cost systems, giving students the understanding and skills to manage any cost management system. This edition's expansive coverage and consistent attention to technical detail provides a thorough, well-researched foundation for learning. It addresses the most recent influential topics and emerging processes affecting the discipline, including a new chapter on lean accounting and a focus on technology tools that positively impact internal costing practices.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #33537 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 900 pages

Review
"This is one of the best books on the market...Hansen & Mowen is the book I have adopted. I like it and recommend it to other teachers. I am a huge fan of this author team…This is flat out an excellent book…the assignments…are excellent."

"When I originally reviewed cost accounting books, I chose this one because of its exposition and layout. The layout allowed the more traditional professors to stress the first ten chapters. My personal interests correspond to chapters 11-16. The material from chapters 17-20 are emphasized in the Freshman-level Introduction to Management Accounting."

About the Author
Dr. Don R. Hansen is Professor of Accounting at Oklahoma State University. He received his PhD from the University of Arizona in 1977. He has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from Brigham Young University. His research interests include activity-based costing and mathematical modeling. He has published articles in accounting and engineering journals including THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW, JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT RESEARCH, ACCOUNTING HORIZONS, and IIE TRANSACTIONS. He also served on the editorial board of THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW. His outside interests include taking part in family and church activities, reading, watching movies, watching sports, and studying Spanish.

Dr. Maryanne M. Mowen is Associate Professor of Accounting at Oklahoma State University. She received her PhD from Arizona State University. With degrees in economics and history, Dr. Mowen brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to teaching and writing in both cost accounting and management accounting. Her research interests include management accounting, behavioral decision theory, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and she teaches an ethics course about the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on the accounting profession. She has published articles in journals such as DECISION SCIENCE, JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY, and JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING RESEARCH. Dr. Mowen has served as a consultant to midsized and Fortune 100 companies and works with corporate controllers on management accounting issues. Outside the classroom, she enjoys hiking, traveling, reading mysteries, and solving crossword puzzles.

Dr. Liming Guan is Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his Ph.D. in accounting from Oklahoma State University in 2001. Dr. Guan has a bachelor's degree in management science and master's degree in agricultural economics. His research interests are in the areas of earnings management and accounting systems design. He has published more than 20 articles in journals such as ADVANCES IN ACCOUNTING, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTAND ACCOUNTING, JOURNAL OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING, ACM DATABASE, and INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Outside the classroom, Dr. Guan enjoys swimming, hiking, reading, and watching the History Channel.

Customer Reviews

Graduate Accounting ARGHHH!!!
Pretty good book that explains complex subject matter in an easy to understand manner. MBA students without an accounting background can easily comprehend the concepts presented. The only fault I found is that sometimes the authors get too wordy trying to make their point. One of the best accounting textbooks I've used in my educational career.

Not The Best Textbook on Cost Management
I have purchased this textbook for self learning. I also have two other textbooks on the same subject (Hilton's and Bamber's). This is one is the worst of the lot. It is wordy to the point of distraction. The authors do a poor job clearly explaining concepts. For example, in the chapter dealing with cost behavior, their explanation on the methods for separating mixed costs into its respective parts using high/lo and least squares and etc. is mind numbingly confusing. I compared this chapter to my other two references and they both were clearer. Actually, Bamber's is much better then Hilton's - simple and straight forward. Sad to say but I may toss this book.

Make sure that your buy the correct edition!!!!
A new 6th edition of Hansen has just published. This has a green/black cover with an aircraft cockpit on it (ISBN 0324559674). If you still want to buy the old 5th edition (why?), only buy the one with a black/brown cover showing people around a table. Make sure you buy the correct edition. I have just has two buyers buy the wrong edition because they didn't check the ISBN or edition details correctly.