The Importance of Cost Accounting

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Pages

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE

1.0      Introduction

1.1.    Background of the Study

1.2.    Problem of the study

1.3.    Aims and Objectives of the study

1.4.    Plan of the Study

1.5.    Organization of the study

1.6.    Significance of the study

CHAPTER TWO

2.0      Literature Review

2.1    Cost Accounting Definition

2.2    Development of Costing Accounting

2.3    The Scope of Costing Accounting

2.4    Cost Accounting and Control

2.5    Cost Accounting and Decision Making

2.6    Cost Accounting and Planning

2.7    Difference between Cost Accounting and Financial Accounting

2.8    Difference between Manufacturing Company and Merchandizing

2.9    Principles of Cost Accounting

2.10  Techniques of Cost Accounting in the Manufacturing Industry.

         CHAPTER THREE

3.0      Research Methodology

3.1    Introduction

3.2    Historical Background

3.3    Sources of Data

3.4    Method of Data Analysis

3.5    Limitations of the Study

CHAPTER FOUR      

4.0      Data Presentation and Analysis

4.1    Introduction

4.2    Analysis of Data

4.3    Testing of Hypothesis

4.4    Findings

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0      Summary Conclusion and Recommendations

5.1    Summary

5.2    Conclusion

5.3    Recommendations

Bibliography       

CHAPTER ONE

1.0      INTRODUCTION

1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

        The importance of cost accounting in the affective management of any organization can in no wise be under rate, the absorption becomes a necessity when viewed against the background that other branch of account such as financial accounting, management account have among a my raid of scholarly publication.  Infact cost accounting should be indealy juxtaposed with other area of accounting system in order to have on effective accounting system.

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