TY  - BOOK
AU  - Geiger,Dale R.
TI  - Cents of mission: using cost management and control to accomplish your goal 
T2  - Managerial accounting collection,
SN  - 9781631571398
AV  - HF5657.4 
PY  - 2015///.]
CY  - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Business Expert Press
KW  - Managerial accounting
KW  - Cost effectiveness
KW  - activity based costing
KW  - budget management
KW  - command and control
KW  - continuous improvement
KW  - cost after action review
KW  - cost allocation
KW  - cost benefit analysis
KW  - cost management and control
KW  - cost variance
KW  - mission statement
KW  - performance metrics
KW  - [genre]
N1  - Includes index; 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; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; 2; b; Also available in printing
N2  - 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
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