Course Overview
This course has an emphasis on what the user of financial and managerial accounting information needs to know about accounting. It stresses the more analytical uses of financial and managerial accounting information by managers and outside analysts rather than the procedural details that the practicing accountant is required to know. Various small case studies and critical thinking questions are integrated into the course to enable you to analyse a problem, weigh various factors involved in it, make some calculations and take a position on the problem. In short, the course will provide you with the skills to analyse and assess financial and managerial accounting information in the context of making managerial decisions.
Prerequisite(s)
- Entrance to the program.
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- Evaluate income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements in order to make business decisions.
- Assess the nature of cost behavior and how this should influence business decisions.
- Make resource allocation decisions by evaluating operating budgets and variance analysis.
- Employ and justify the use of various short-run decision-making tools in managing a business.
- Employ and justify the use of various long-run decision-making tools in capital budgeting.
Effective as of Fall 2014
Related Programs
Accounting for Managers (FMGT 9152) is offered as a part of the following programs:
- Indicates programs accepting international students.
School of Business + Media
- Business Administration
Graduate Certificate Full-time
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