Behavioral Management Accounting

Download or read book Behavioral Management Accounting written by Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Producers and users of management accounting information are confronted with crucial behavioral phenomena--factors that can affect the communication of this information and its use. Riahi-Belkaoui shows what these factors and phenomena are and how to understand and cope with them. In doing so, he shows how producers and users together can improve the efficiency of management accounting itself. He explains the judgment process in management accounting, identifies and explains the major behavioral phenomena, and then provides ways to use them for the firm's benefit. Thoughtful and comprehensive, his book is important reading for executive decision makers in almost all organizations throughout the public and private sectors.