Management Accounting (USA) 1987 - Abstracts

Management Accounting (USA) 1987
TitleSubjectAuthors
1 + 1 = 3. (one plus one equals three) (the synergistic effects of an acquisition)Business, generalCharles M. Anderson
1987 annual report, National Association of Accountants, year ended June 30, 1987Business, general 
Aardvark - McGraw-Hill's fixed asset accounting software. (Software Review) (Management Accounting's PC Package Review) (evaluation)Business, generalAnthony J. Plescia
Accounting for deferred charges - Is more guidance needed? (the need for accounting standards related to deferred charges)Business, generalJames R. Bradow
Accounting for merger mania. (accountants' and controllers' duties in relation to corporate mergers)Business, generalMilton L. Rock, Martin Sikora
A CEO's view of the controller. (excerpts from a speech made by Daniel C. Ferguson, chief executive officer of Newell Co., at the National Association of Accountants and Society of Management Accountants of Canada conference) (transcript)Business, generalDaniel C. Ferguson
A critical look at questionnaires. (accounting education)Business, generalRoger H. Hermanson, Ralph L. Benke Jr.
A manager's guide to avoiding insider trading liability.Business, generalJohn F. Olson
A new method of inventory accounting.Business, generalJames Don Edwards, John B. Barrack
An inside look at small business reform. (a report on the 1986 White House Conference on Small Business)Business, generalCatherine E. Connally
Can controllers avoid legal problems? (the legal liabilities of corporate financial officers)Business, generalStephen C. Shamberg
Continuing education for employees? (accountants)Business, generalRoger H. Hermanson, Ralph L. Benke
Controlling service center costs.Business, generalLeon B. Hoshower, Robert P. Crum
Cost account directive: an effective management tool. (General Dynamics internal accounting procedures relative to planning, scheduling, and budgeting)Business, generalTerence J. Plaza, Mary M.K. Fleming
dBase Packages - the new breed of software. (Software Review) (reviews of two accounting software packages: Champion and Accountmate ) (evaluation)Business, generalAlfred M. King
Determining strategic value. (valuations of resources used to implement business strategies)Business, generalDarrell L. Test, John D. Hawley, Michael F. Cortright
Developing a pricing system for a small business. (the cost-based pricing system used by Audio-Video World)Business, generalJohn Y. Lee
Does your transfer price make cents?Business, generalFrederic E. Lesser
Early warning systems. (controls which alert management to potential problems)Business, generalJack Gray, Diane Matson
Electronic systems enhance JIT operations. (use of electronic data interchange in just-in-time inventory control)Business, generalArjan T. Sadhwani, M. H. Sarhan
Eleven key issues in manufacturing accounting. (why factory management tends to ignore accounting reports)Business, generalJames T. Mackey
Ethics and management accountants.Business, generalAnne J. Rich, Paul H. Mihalek, Carl S. Smith
Everyone can use this cost-benefit analysis system. (accounting methods available to nonprofessionals)Business, generalMartha A. Fasci, Timothy J. Weiss, Robert L. Worrall
Financing your business. (how to obtain equity or debt financing )Business, generalW. Keith Schilit
Fleet management and the 1986 Tax Reform Act. (taxes)Business, generalThomas E. Anslinger
Flexible benefits work at smaller companies, too.Business, generalThomas R. Wheeler
Goldratt and Fox: revolutionizing the factory floor. (management consultants Eli Goldratt and Bob Fox)Business, generalSusan Jayson
How cost management systems can support the JIT philosophy. (includes related article explaining the just-in-time philosophy)Business, generalRobert D. McIlhattan
How important is academic research?Business, generalRalph L. Benke Jr.
How management accountants can communicate better: management accountants overestimate the ability of nonaccountants to understand spreadsheets.Business, generalJean M. DuPree, Al H. Hartgraves, William H. Thralls
How successful firms budget.Business, generalSrinivasan Umapathy
How the new tax law affects mergers and acquisitions. (effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986)Business, generalRobert W. McGee
How to estimate the effect of a stock repurchase on share price.Business, generalDilip D. Kare, C. Don Wiggins
How to motivate and retain employees in a depressed economy.Business, generalMaxine M. Wade
How to survive a business 'divorce.' (coping with layoffs caused by corporate reorganizations)Business, generalRobert C. Sparks
How vendor analysis supports JIT manufacturing. (just-in-time)Business, generalMichael A. Robinson, John E. Timmerman
How Weyerhaeuser manages corporate overhead costs.Business, generalH. Thomas Johnson, Dennis A. Loewe
IFPS-Personal: The future for spreadsheet packages? (Software Review) (spreadsheet software from Execucom Inc.) (evaluation)Business, generalTerry L. Campbell, David Henderson
Improved internal controls can cut audit costs. (improvement in internal controls reduces average audit hours by 52 percent)Business, generalKathryn M. Means, Paul M. Kazenski
Improving the audit process.Business, general 
Improving the bottom line with budget incentive programs.Business, generalGerald L. Finch
In defense of management accounting.Business, generalMichael D. Akers, Grover L. Porter
Induced conversions of convertible debt: beware of the pitfalls. (expense recognitions required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board)Business, generalPaula B. Thomas, J. Larry Hagler
Information please: what are some of the applications of bar code technology?Business, generalStan Stec
JIT: cost accounting and cost management issues. (just-in-time inventory management and accounting)Business, generalGeorge Foster, Charles T. Horngren
John Arme elected NAA president. (National Association of Accountants)Business, generalRobert F. Randall
Justifying retrofit projects. (cost justifying the conversion of existing technologies to new corporate uses)Business, generalJames H. Moyle
Justifying the acquisition of automated equipment.Business, generalJames A. Hendricks, Robert E. Bennet
Learning how to manage. (supervising employees in the accounting field)Business, generalRobert Half
LeaseManag-r. (Software Review) (Management Accounting's PC Package Review.) (evaluation)Business, generalKim Serocke
LIFO-FIFO: a simple solution to inventory disclosure problems.Business, generalRalph E. Welton, Thomas Friedlob, F. Ray Gray, James D. Sloan
Logistics excellence. (management of flow and storage of products)Business, generalJohn R. Busher, Gene R. Tyndall
Making your meetings count. (how to conduct an efficient business meeting)Business, generalJames D. Kimes
Managing in a high inflationary environment (abroad). (includes example of a hypothetical US-Mexican operation)Business, generalEdward H. Schwallie, Alonso Martinez
MAP Committee issues SMA 4F, "Allocation of Information Systems Costs." (statement of management accounting issued by the Management Accounting Practices Committee of the National Association of Accountants)Business, general 
Material burdening. (competitive strategy in management accounting)Business, generalJohn W. Jonez, Michael A. Wright
Maximizing depreciation benefits. (depreciating assets placed in service during the last five months of 1986)Business, generalTim C. McKee, Raymond G. Laverdiere
Measuring performance in an advanced manufacturing environment.Business, generalWilliam Mosconi, C. J. McNair
Needed: an accounting constitution. (giving corporations voting rights or appointment controls over the Financial Accounting Standards Board)Business, generalH. Jim Snavely
New rules for inventory costing. (management accounting for inventoriable items)Business, generalHarold P. Roth
New rules for long-term construction contracts. (effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986)Business, generalGordon D. Pirrong
One day closings. (consolidating and closing financial period records)Business, generalAnthony C. Breu
On teaching management accountants.Business, generalJames R. Emore, James Cress
Open Systems accounting package (version 3). (Software Review) (Management Accounting's PC package review) (evaluation)Business, generalClaude Bartel
Personal computer - professional finance program. (Software Review) (Management Accounting's PC Package Review) (evaluation)Business, generalDiane T. Pearson
Plans 'n totals. (Software Review) (Management Accounting's PC Package Review) (evaluation)Business, generalMarsha L. Lewis
Post retirement benefits: the tip of a financial iceberg. (the present value of future retiree benefit plans)Business, generalThomas G. Nelson
Production managers need a course in cost accounting.Business, generalLakshmi U. Tatikonda
Productivity begins with hiring.Business, generalSteve Brinkman
Productivity boost: treating employees as independent contractors.Business, generalJack C. Bailes, Robert L. Edwards
Productivity: the controller's role.Business, generalMary M.K. Fleming, Paul Boyd
Profiting from a management buyout. (financial incentives for taking a publicly traded company private)Business, generalRebekah Maupin, Wayne A. Label
Protecting your retirement nest egg.Business, generalJames W. Gordon
Quality and profitability: have controllers made the connection?Business, generalThomas N. Tyson
Red Wing Accounting Package. (Software Review) (evaluation)Business, generalClaude Bartel
Renewing our heritage: ten reasons why management accountants should study the classic cost accounting articles.Business, generalRichard Vangermeersch
Reporting practices in four countries. (differences in accounting income statements in the U.K., U.S., Australia, and West Germany )Business, generalJames Volpi, Donald E. Wygal, David E. Stout
Risk management of the internal audit function. (internal auditing at Du Pont Company)Business, generalHoward L. Siers, Joanne K. Blyskal
S corporation: the new corporate tax planning weapon.Business, generalM. Allen Wilson, Edith S. Williford
Self-insurance should be accrued. (disclosing costs of self-insurance in financial statements)Business, generalJack F. Truitt, Thomas R. Nunamaker
Should we consolidate finance subsidiaries? (consolidated reporting of financial results for majority-owned subsidiaries, pursuant to recommendations from the Financial Accounting Standards Board)Business, generalJoseph C. Rue, David E. Tosh
SMA 4G: accounting for indirect production costs. (accounting standard promulgated by the National Association of Accountants)Business, general 
Standards of ethical conduct for management accountants.Business, general 
Standards overload: what must be done; Why should small companies be subject to the same disclosure requirements as GM or AT & T?Business, generalHoward D. Lowe
Stock option plans make sense. (employer benefits from stock option plans)Business, generalJoseph Liberatore
Strategies for a successful job search.Business, generalEdward H. Kelley
Systems installation: one company's experience. (GESCO Corp. installs a microcomputer-based network for its accounting department)Business, generalBarry P. Leone, Thomas S. Rose
Tax accounting in an era of tax reform. (proposed changes in tax accounting standards)Business, generalPamela G. Townsend
The AICPA's first century: highlights from 100 years of progress. (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)Business, generalJames Don Edwards, Barbara J. Shildneck
The cost allocation problem in a telecommunications company. (includes related article on the history of telephone company regulation)Business, generalJ. Patrick Cardullo, Richard A. Moellenberndt
The hidden danger in bond yields.Business, generalLivingston G. Douglas
The human element: the real challenge in modernizing cost systems.Business, generalThomas B. Lammert, Robert Ehrsam
The ins and outs of foreign trade.Business, generalWalter A. Hazelton
The PC as prototype problem-solver. (using personal computers to ensure cost managers are aware of write-down information)Business, generalDavid M. Zenker
The push-down accounting controversy. (push-down accounting's effects on income, price-earnings ratios and dividends)Business, generalCharles L. Holley, Edward C. Spede, Michael C. Chester Jr.
The rise and fall of management accounting.Business, generalRobert S. Kaplan, H. Thomas Johnson
The tension between management accounting and financial reporting.Business, generalVictor H. Brown
Time management...or learning how to say no.Business, generalJose L. Gonzalez
Unabsorbed overhead: what to do when contracts are cancelled. (accounting for overhead expenses that are not absorbed by outstanding contracts)Business, generalMarie Sandra Carman-Stone
Understanding the new overhead capitalization rules. (asset capitalization under the Tax Reform Act of 1986)Business, generalRobert M. Filipski
Uniform capitalization: rules are here to stay.Business, generalThomas B. Lammert
Using expert systems for job cost estimates.Business, generalLloyd D. Doney
Variable costing: a closer look. (an alternative to direct costing accounting method)Business, generalMichael Schiff
What are the principles in construction accounting?Business, generalStan Stec
What the New York Stock Exchange is doing about insider trading. (the market surveillance unit of the New York Stock Exchange)Business, generalDonald J. Solodar
White collar productivity: how a major insurance carrier tried to optimize its resources and talents.Business, generalGerald L. Gass, Roger Bentson, Grover McMakin
Why quality costs are important.Business, generalHarold P. Roth, Wayne J. Morse
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