For over forty years, Colin Drury has expertly helped learners understand and apply the key principles of management accounting. Now in its eighth edition, Management Accounting for Business continues his trademark clear and accessible style, covering everything non-specialist students need to know for success. Every chapter has been updated to include international real-world examples, an 'Apply your Knowledge' exercise, illustrating financial and non-financial considerations, as well as new review problems. Introducing emerging technologies such as big data, the Internet of Things and AI, this edition has been comprehensively revised by Colin Drury's academic colleague and co-author, Mike Tayles.
Professor Mike Tayles holds the Emeritus Chair in Accounting and Finance at The University of Hull. During his career he has been a Visiting Professor at various universities internationally as well as the Head of Management Accounting and Programme Director of various Degree Programs. He has been an Examiner/Lead Marker for both the ACCA and CIMA. Mike Tayles is a Chartered Management Accountant with a first degree in mathematics and economics and a doctorate in contemporary management accounting practices. He has worked in various manufacturing industries, holding such positions as group management accountant and financial controller. Mike Tayles' research interests include management accounting practices, cost system design, activity-based cost management and developments in strategic management accounting, including quality and intellectual capital. He has presented papers at national and international conferences, published articles in professional and international academic journals and research reports. He has consulting and research experience in both manufacturing and service businesses. The late Colin Drury was at Huddersfield University from 1970 until his retirement in 2004, when he was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor. For the last 40 years, Professor Colin Drury has been at the forefront of helping students learn the key concepts and processes in management and cost accounting through his bestselling textbooks, which have been widely recommended by the main professional accounting bodies for their examinations. He was an active researcher throughout his career and his research had been published in around 100 professional and academic journals. In recognition for his contribution to accounting education and research, Drury received a lifetime achievement award by the British Accounting Association in 2009. Drury's Flagship title Management and Cost Accounting was first published in 1985 and is now in its 11th edition. It established itself as one of the leading management accounting textbooks in EMEA. It is known, not just for its rigour and authority, but particularly for Drury's down-to-earth style that reflected his background as a practising accountant before his involvement in academia.
Title: Management Accounting for Business
Author: Tayles, Mike,Drury, Colin
ISBN: 9781473778801
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Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA
Publication Date: 2021-12-07
Number of Pages: 576
Weight: 1.0903 kg
