Cost and management accounting workbook offers students valuable practise opportunities around specific topics. It has been developed with the aim of assisting students who have trouble in grasping cost accounting techniques. Cost and management accounting workbook does not supplement any specific textbook, but rather covers the topics that students will be required to understand and master in order to complete their cost and management accounting modules successfully within the minimum required period. It provides the opportunity to practise further, with questions graded as basic, intermediate and advanced in an effort to cater for all students at various levels. The contributors to this book are experienced lecturers who have drawn on their experience to construct targeted questions based on the areas with which the majority of their students experience issues.

Cost and Management Accounting provides a comprehensive introduction for students new to this business-relevant subject field. The book covers topics such as an introduction to cost and management accounting and new developments taking place, cost classification, cost behaviour, inventory management, cost flows, pricing decisions, different types of budgets and standard costing. The various costing systems are dealt with in detail. The theoretical underpinnings of the subject are carefully and clearly explained, with an abundance of examples to illustrate how management accountants apply their expertise to the problems they are required to solve in the business environment. In addition to these illustrative examples, each chapter gives students the opportunity to test their understanding by working through different types of questions. An extensive glossary gives users further support. This book is written from a South African perspective, and local legislation and accounting practices are taken into account.