Business Planning and Control: Integrating Accounting, Strategy, and People

• Provides an integrative approach to business planning and control
• Includes a specific focus on the design of planning and control systems.
• Considers key techniques of strategic management
• Uses management accounting techniques for operational, managerial and strategic purposes
• Provides case study information to form a thematic thread throughout the text

Features of the text

Theory and practice and use of case material

 The text takes a practical approach and wherever possible examples are used to illustrate key learning points.   For instance, in Part 2 of the book, planning and control for one organization is explored over several chapters. In Part 3, several chapters relate to a single industry, with theoretical and real organisations considered. Chapter exercises in Part 3 and 4 in particular, draw on material from a limited number of short case scenarios that are provided at the end of the book.

Questions and answers

Self assessment questions

Throughout each chapter, self assessment questions are set, which test understanding of the key learning points covered in the previous section of the text. Answers to the self assessment questions are provided at the end of each chapter.

End of chapter questions and answers

End of chapter questions and answers cover both discussion and where relevant, numerical questions. Answers to some of the questions are provided at the back of the textbook. Answers to other questions are found on the student and lecturer areas of the website.

Website
Access to the website can be found at www.wileyeurope.com/college/bowhill.  

The student’s website includes:
i)   Answers to a number of the questions set at the end of each chapter.
ii)   Multiple choice questions.

iii) A full version of the book’s glossary.

iv) Supplementary reference material on some key issues, including web links to resources.

The lecturer’s website includes:

i)   PowerPoint slides of the lecture material.

ii) Excel spreadsheets of exercises that have been used to illustrate key points in the chapters of the book can be downloaded. Students can use these spreadsheets to help develop an understanding of the relationship between key variables and to assess the impact of changes in input values.