EDITION MANAGERIAL BY TRACIE MILLER-
NOBLES,,BRENDA MATTISION, ALL CHAPTER 1-19
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1. Introduction to Managerial Accounting
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2. Job Order Costing
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3. Process Costing
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4. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis J
5. Master Budgets
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6. Flexible Budgets and Standard Cost Systems
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7. Cost Allocation and Responsibility Accounting
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8. Short-Term Business Decisions
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9. Capital Investment Decisions
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Introduction to Managerial Accounting
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