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Concepts of Planning

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In Chapter 1 we established that the chief objective of accounting is to provide a measurement process for the firm. Part I was mainly concerned with the measurement of past performance especially for the presentation of financial statements. In Part II we are concerned with problems of measurement of information as a basis for planning decisions.

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© 1977 Arthur Hindmarch, Miles Atchison, Richard Marke

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Hindmarch, A., Atchison, M., Marke, R. (1977). Concepts of Planning. In: Accounting: An Introduction. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15639-9_10

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