Cost Accounting 15th Edition, Paperback Book, By: Madhav V. Rajan, Srikant M. Datar and Charles T. Horngren

For undergraduate and MBA cost or management accounting courses. Horngren's Cost Accounting, defines the cost accounting market and continues to innovate today by consistently integrating the most current practice and theory into the text. This acclaimed, market-leading text emphasizes the basic theme of "different costs for different purposes, " and reaches beyond cost accounting procedures to consider concepts, analyzes, and management. This edition incorporates the latest research and most up-to-date thinking into all relevant chapters and more MyAccountingLab (R) coverage! MyAccountingLab is a web-based tutorial and assessment software that does not just give students more "I Get It" moments, but gives instructors the flexibility to make technology an integral part of their course, or a supplementary resource for students. About the Author Charles T. Horngren was the Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at Stanford University. A graduate of Marquette University, he received his MBA from Harvard University and his PhD from the University of Chicago. So what the recipient of honorary doctorates from Marquette University and DePaul University. A certified public accountant, Horngren served on the Accounting Principles Board for six years, the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council five years, and the Council of the American Certified Public Accountants for three years. For six years, he served as a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, which oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Government Accounting Standards Board. Horngren was a member of the Accounting Hall of Fame. A member of the American Accounting Association, Horngren has been its president and its director of research. He received his first Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. The California Certified Public Accountants Foundation gave Horngren its Faculty Excellence Award and its Distinguished Professor Award. He was the first person to have received both awards. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants presented its first Outstanding Educator Award to Horngren. Horngren was named Accountant of the Year, Education, by the national professional accounting fraternity, Beta Alpha Psi. Professor Horngren So what a member of the Institute of Management Accountants, from whom he received his Distinguished Service Award. So what about a member of the Institutes' Board of Regents, which administers the Certified Management Accountant Examinations. Horngren is the author of other accounting books published by Pearson Education: Introduction to Management Accounting, 15th ed. (2011, with Sundem, and Stratton); Introduction to Financial Accounting, 10th ed. (2011, with Sundem and Elliott); Accounting, 8th ed. (2010, with Harrison and Bamber); and Financial Accounting, 8th ed. (2010, with Harrison). Horngren was the consulting editor for Charles T. Horngren's Series in Accounting.