Cents of mission : using cost management and control to accomplish your goal / Dale R. Geiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geiger, Dale R., author.

Series:

Managerial accounting collection.

Managerial accounting collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cost accounting.

Cost control--Accounting.

Cost control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Business Expert Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63157-139-7

OCLC:

954631828