The emphasis of Managerial Accounting 11th edition is on teaching students to use accounting information to best manage an organization. In a practice Hilton pioneered in the first edition each chapter is written around a realistic business or focus company that guides the reader through the topics of that chapter. Known for balanced examples of Service Retail Nonprofit and Manufacturing companies Hilton/Platt offers a clear engaging writing style that has been praised by instructors and students alike. As in previous editions there is significant coverage of contemporary topics such as activity-based costing target costing the value chain customer profitability analysis and throughput costing while also including traditional topics such as job-order costing budgeting and performance evaluation.