BUS 506 ACCOUNTING FOR DECISION MAKING AND CONTROL

DESCRIPTION

 This course covers a comprehensive, graduate level exploration of managerial accounting. The main focus of this course is the use of accounting data in the management and decision making of an organization.

OBJECTIVES

  1. Planning operations
  2. Controlling activities
  3. Making decisions 
  4. Show what information is needed with an organization, where this information can be obtained, and how this information can be used by managers to plan, control, and make decisions. 
  5. Emphasize that there is no perfect (cost) accounting system that addresses all the needs of managers.
  6. Present the trade-offs between designing systems for reporting, decision-making, control and performance evaluation.

PREREQUISITES

None

TEXTBOOK(S)

Accounting for Decision Making and Control  (9th ed.)

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education (2016)

Author: Zimmerman, J.L. 

ISBN: 9781259564550

* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, contact Academic Affairs academics@uofriverside.com