MBA 5340 Financial Accounting
3 units
MBA Program
Telfer School of Management
Use of accounting information in decision-making by internal users. The role of accounting in the evaluation, control, and decision-making of business managers. Using ratio analysis, performing a business diagnostic in terms of management, profit, liquidity, and solvency. The relationship between cost structures and profit (profit threshold, cost-volume-benefit analysis). Use of appropriate costs in making performance-driven decisions. Understanding budgets for planning purposes. Differentiate different types of budget. Gap analysis in budgetary control. Accounting activities. Treatment of indirect costs in costing (products and services). Activity and process management. Use of cost inducers in cost management strategy. Evaluating performance. Accounting issues related to sustainable development.
Components:
Lecture
Previously Offered Terms:
Fall
Winter
Summer
French Equivalent:
Organized
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4.41
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Clear Expectations
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4.55
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Learned a Lot
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4.30
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Recommend
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4.32
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Workload
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2.55
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Fair Assessments
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