Cost Management

1. The definition of cost management and its role in contemporary companies and other organizations 1.1. The contents of cost management 1.2. Cost management as a condition for survival of companies in demanding present business environment 1.3. The role of accounting in the process of cost management 2. Managerial techniques, tools and solutions in cost management 2.1. Activity based costing 2.2. Activity based management 2.3. Life-cycle costing and target costing 2.4. Other managerial concepts related to cost management 3. Strategic cost management 4. Empirical surveys in cost management in Slovenia ant in other countries 5. Best practices in cost management 5.1. Evidence from companies 5.2. Evidence from governmental and public sector