The cases vary in length so that faculty may use this text in a beginning or advanced class.

Relationships among strategic planning, management control, & task control are outlined, but the book's primary focus is on the system that facilitates management control.

This book should be required reading for anyone who prepares or uses financial statements.

Updated for the tenth edition, this text includes approximately 120 cases and two to three problems per chapter. It features coverage of strategic cost management issues and has a strong decision-making approach.