The late Colin Drury was at Huddersfield University from 1970 until his retirement in 2004, when he was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor. For the last 35 years, Professor Colin Drury had been at the forefront of helping students learn the key concepts and processes in management and cost accounting through his bestselling textbooks, which have been widely recommended by the main professional accounting bodies for their examinations. He was an active researcher throughout his career and his research had been published in around 100 professional and academic journals. In recognition for his contribution to accounting education and research, Drury was given a lifetime achievement award by the British Accounting Association in 2009. Drury s Flagship title Management and Cost Accounting was first published in 1985 and is now in its 12th edition. It established itself as one of the leading management accounting textbooks in EMEA. It is known, not just for its rigour and authority, but particularly for Drury s down-to-earth style that reflected his background as a practising accountant before his involvement in academia.

Part 1: Introduction to management and cost accounting1.Introduction to management accounting2.An introduction to cost terms and conceptsPart 2: Cost accumulation for inventory valuation and profit measurement3.Accounting for direct costs4.Cost assignment for indirect costs5.Accounting entries for job-order costing system6.Process costing7.Joint and by-product costing8.Income effects of alternative cost accumulation systemsPart 3: Information for decision-making9.Cost-volume-profit analysis10.Cost estimation and cost behaviour11.Measuring relevant costs and revenues for decision-making12.Activity-based costingPart 4: Information for planning, control and performance measurement13.The budgeting process14.Management control systems15.Standard costing and variance analysis

For over thirty years, Colin Drury has been at the forefront of helping students learn the key concepts and processes in management and cost accounting through his textbooks.Now in its ninth edition, Cost and Management Accounting continues to provide an accessible and thorough introduction to the subject. It blends theory and practice in language that is clear and easy to understand and provides students with a thorough introduction to cost and management accounting whether they are studying an accountancy or business undergraduate course, or a post-experience course.The new edition has been completely updated to reflect recent developments in the field, and now includes additional emphasis on value creation, and links strategic performance management more closely to divisional financial performance measurement.