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  • © 1976

Variance Accounting

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Measurement of Costs and Profit

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Profit Motive in Industry

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 3-4
    3. Methods, Principles and Techniques

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 5-13
    4. Evolution of Variance Accounting

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 14-20
  3. Setting Targets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
    2. Long- and Short-Term Planning

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 23-30
    3. Functional Budgets

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 31-64
    4. Summaries, Revisions and Adjustments

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 65-71
  4. Accounting for Variances

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
    2. Theory and Practice of Variance Analysis

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 75-97
    3. Cost and Financial Accounts — The Link

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 98-105
    4. Absorption Costing

      • Ernest Laidler
      Pages 106-120
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 133-135

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