The Manager and Management Accounting BUSI 0028 Sem 2‚ 2012/13 Dr. Olivia Leung © 2012 Pearson Education. All rights reserved. Accounting Discipline Overview Managerial accounting—measures‚ analyzes‚ and reports financial and nonfinancial information to help managers make decisions to fulfill organizational goals. Managerial accounting need not be GAAP compliant. Financial accounting—focus on reporting to external users including investors‚ creditors‚ and governmental
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Unit 1 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Stephanie Curry Kristina Unutoa American InterContinental University 03/31/2013 Abstract In this report we will be going over the objectives and characteristics of an internal accounting system‚ the importance of accounting information to the company‚ and the ethics in business and the managing accountant’s role. “HOW THE INTERNAL ACCOUTNING SYSTEM WORKS ON THE INSIDE” Introduction: The managerial accounting system is developed to give data
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Midterm Exam You will have 2 ½ hours to complete the exam. The exam is open note and open book‚ everything but open conversation. There are nine (9) problems worth 30 points each. Take your time. You cannot stop and restart the exam. You will not need a proctor for the exam. You will need to know how to calculate the following: Product costs Period costs Variable costs Fixed costs High-low method Prepare a contribution format income statement Prepare a traditional format income statement
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• Accounting is the system that measures business activities and process information into reports. • Accountant maintain‚ audit and prepare financial records for a person or a company. • Main careers in accounting - bookkeeper‚ auditor‚ financial advisor‚ taxation‚ carbon accountant and accountant etc… • Bookkeeping is recording financial recorders and summaries of financial transaction. Accounting is measuring business activities and process information into reports. • Main professional accounting
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Part A: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 1. Managerial Accounting: The activity involves ‘decision making’ whether to purchase parts already assembled or individual parts. 2. Financial Accounting: It shows that the President is reminding Aminah to prepare a presentation stating an income statement and balance sheet information for last year‚ which the information already exist. 3. Managerial Accounting: Planning‚ controlling‚ evaluating and continuous
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OL3210--Principles of Managerial Accounting—unit 2 complete There are various ways that financial statement information is presented in this article on Nokia. The first way I see is in the Good News section on page 1 “the bulk of its revenues—more than quadrupled‚ from $2.1 billion in 1993 to $8.7 billion last year (1997)‚” and on say “the recent June quarter surging to $616 million‚ up 76% from the same quarter in 1997” this is an partial example of an horizontal analysis (Stone‚ 1998). A horizontal
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Decision-making plays a large role in every company’s success. Business professionals should be concerned with how decisions affect workers‚ the local economy‚ other businesses‚ and profits. Satisfying all of these criteria is difficult‚ so which factor is the most important? Should a company solely concern itself with profits? How would the Bible apply to these factors? I believe every company changes their decision making skills based on the situation. Sometimes it is more important to
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Accounting chapter 7 managerial accounting Exercises Lambert Fabrication‚ Inc.‚ uses activity-based costing data for internal decisions. The company has the following four activity cost pools: Activity Cost Pool Annual Activity Producing units 5‚000 machine-hours Processing orders 1‚000 orders Customer support 200 customers Other Not applicable The "Other" activity cost pool consists of the costs of idle capacity and organization-sustaining costs. The company traces the costs of direct
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Financial accounting reports are prepared for the use of external parties such as shareholders and creditors‚ whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for managers inside the organization. This contrast in basic orientation results in a number of major differences between financial and managerial accounting‚ even though both financial and managerial accounting often rely on the same underlying financial data. In addition to the to the differences in who the reports are prepared for
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Final Paper: Option 1 MHA 612 Financial & Managerial Accounting Executive Summary The Report describes a proposal for the group of 20 of doctors with regard to the creating a hospital. Due to the 500‚000 population of the city $100 million dollars would actually be a great start. Because the facility would be located 30 miles from the downtown area it would allow the facility to attract patients without being crowded. On the downside this affects its financial position
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