Cents of mission : using cost management and control to accomplish your goal /
Geiger, Dale R.,
Cents of mission : using cost management and control to accomplish your goal / Dale R. Geiger. - First edition. - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xiv, 121 pages) - Managerial accounting collection, .
1. Luis struggles with personal finances, talks to father-in-law for advice -- 2. Luis analyzes tax effects of a raise, meets with Emily, defines mission -- 3. Luis calls colonel, gets explanation of basic command and control -- 4. Luis develops his cost intelligence and attack plan, discusses with Emily -- 5. President Nelson holds budget review -- 6. Luis calls staff meeting to find cost reductions -- 7. Chairman Stewart leads the Saturday cost reduction meeting -- 8. Al educates Luis and Marty on how command and control drives mission success -- 9. Luis and Marty work up brief for Chairman Stewart -- 10. Researching activity based costing and performance metrics -- 11. Luis talks with Colonel about intelligence gathering -- 12. Luis reengages Chairman Stewart on cost accounting and metrics issues -- 13. Struggling to specify the right intelligence, writing the mission statement -- 14. Meeting with Chairman Stewart to prep for pilot reviews -- 15. The pilot cost after action review with maintenance and marketing -- 16. Figuring out facilities cost allocation -- 17. Luis revisits personal finance problems over the weekend -- 18. Prebrief to Chairman Stewart before first full cost review including facilities -- 19. The first company-wide cost after action review -- 20. Three months later: the first good ideas meeting -- 21. Epilogue: five years later -- Index.
Written as a novel, Cents of Mission follows Luis as he struggles with the problems that many people and organizations face today: the lack of fiscal resources. Watch him as he seeks advice and learns how to attack these problems with practical, military style command and control. See how learning, cost informed decision making, creativity, and continuous improvement become powerful forces for improving cost effectiveness and achieving life and professional goals.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
9781631571398
Managerial accounting.
Cost effectiveness.
activity based costing budget management command and control continuous improvement cost after action review cost allocation cost benefit analysis cost management and control cost variance mission statement performance metrics
HF / .C468 2015
Cents of mission : using cost management and control to accomplish your goal / Dale R. Geiger. - First edition. - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xiv, 121 pages) - Managerial accounting collection, .
1. Luis struggles with personal finances, talks to father-in-law for advice -- 2. Luis analyzes tax effects of a raise, meets with Emily, defines mission -- 3. Luis calls colonel, gets explanation of basic command and control -- 4. Luis develops his cost intelligence and attack plan, discusses with Emily -- 5. President Nelson holds budget review -- 6. Luis calls staff meeting to find cost reductions -- 7. Chairman Stewart leads the Saturday cost reduction meeting -- 8. Al educates Luis and Marty on how command and control drives mission success -- 9. Luis and Marty work up brief for Chairman Stewart -- 10. Researching activity based costing and performance metrics -- 11. Luis talks with Colonel about intelligence gathering -- 12. Luis reengages Chairman Stewart on cost accounting and metrics issues -- 13. Struggling to specify the right intelligence, writing the mission statement -- 14. Meeting with Chairman Stewart to prep for pilot reviews -- 15. The pilot cost after action review with maintenance and marketing -- 16. Figuring out facilities cost allocation -- 17. Luis revisits personal finance problems over the weekend -- 18. Prebrief to Chairman Stewart before first full cost review including facilities -- 19. The first company-wide cost after action review -- 20. Three months later: the first good ideas meeting -- 21. Epilogue: five years later -- Index.
Written as a novel, Cents of Mission follows Luis as he struggles with the problems that many people and organizations face today: the lack of fiscal resources. Watch him as he seeks advice and learns how to attack these problems with practical, military style command and control. See how learning, cost informed decision making, creativity, and continuous improvement become powerful forces for improving cost effectiveness and achieving life and professional goals.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
9781631571398
Managerial accounting.
Cost effectiveness.
activity based costing budget management command and control continuous improvement cost after action review cost allocation cost benefit analysis cost management and control cost variance mission statement performance metrics
HF / .C468 2015