Student

Course Title
MBA5241E
Winter 2012
Professor

Gilles Poirier, Ph. D., FCMA

Phone

819-595-3900, ext. 1765

E-Mail

[e-mail]

Coordinator

C.S. McWatters, Ph.D. CMA

Office

DMS 7109

Telephone

613-562-5800 extension 4702

E-Mail

[e-mail]

Office Hours

Wednesday: 18h00-19h00

Class Location DMS 4170
Class Hours

Wednesday 19h00-22h00

Course Deliverable

Due Date

Class Contribution

Weight on
Final Grade
10%

Case Study Reports

Class 3 and Class 5

35%

Final examination

(date to be confirmed)

40%

Problem Sets

Three of Class 2, Class 3, Class 4, Class 5 and
Class 6

15%
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Course Description
This course focuses on how managers use accounting information and the accounting system to assist them in strategic planning, organisational decision making and management control. It is oriented towards training managers to utilise their internal accounting system, not towards training accountants to design and operate it. You will become familiar with management accounting information, including how this information is used to support strategic objectives.
As well, the course will foster your understanding of how management accounting measures can both help and hinder the creation of organisational value. The emphasis is not upon technical skills, but rather the interpretive, analytic and judgement skills required to understand what accounting means, and how accounting provides valuable information to managers.
The Telfer MBA distinguishes itself by training students to Lead High Performance
Organizations. One of the critical components of high organisational performance is the extent to which employees can understand and integrate business functions in terms of their alignment with organisational strategy. In-depth understanding of how the accounting system is used within and across the organisation is critical to furthering this