Cost Management 6th edition by Hansen

Cost Management, 6th edition by Hansen, published by Cengage, provides a detailed foundation in cost accounting and managerial decision-making. The text emphasizes how managers use cost information to plan, control operations, evaluate performance, and support strategy. Topics include activity-based costing, budgeting, standard costing, variance analysis, cost-volume-profit relationships, quality costs, and performance measurement. With its focus on analysis and application, this edition is useful for accounting students learning how cost systems inform pricing, process improvement, resource allocation, and competitive business decisions in manufacturing and service environments.