Activity-based
Costing in Financial Institutions examines the increased pressures on profitability
faced by financial institutions and provides techniques and tools that can bring about
significant changes in management behaviour by focusing attention on expenditure patterns
and operational processes.
This
book, now in its second edition, introduces strategic value enhancement and considers how
Activity-based techniques can support this- It includes:
- a review
of the different uses of Activity-based Costing within financial institutions, including
the problems most frequently encountered
- a focus
on strategic value management which identifies the principal uses of Activity-based
Costing and relates them to different types of financial institution
- the
mechanics of calculating Activity-based costs
- an
approach ^o implementing an Activity-based information system through 24 basic steps
grouped into 6 broad phases.
With
case-studies, tables and chapter summaries running throughout, Activity-based Costing
in Financial Institutions provides the means to understanding the behaviour of all
costs within an organization and explains how these costs can be managed more effectively.
Measure
and monitor expenditure and value
560 pages