Seventh Edition Accounting for Decision Making and Control Jerold L. Zimmerman University of Rochester To: Conner, Easton, and Jillian ACCOUNTING FOR DECISION MAKING AND CONTROL, SEVENTH EDITION Published by McGraw-Hill, a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previous editions © 2009, 2006, and 2003. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed
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978-0-521-68076-9 - NSSC Accounting Module 3 Hansie Hendricks Excerpt More information Unit 1 Ratios and interpretation As we learnt in our earlier studies, accounting information is used to answer two key questions about a business: • Is it making a profit? • Are its assets sufficient to meet its liabilities? We have also considered the form in which different types of businesses prepare their final accounts. Now we need to examine in more detail how these accounting statements can be used
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2. The owner of a small retail store does her own accounting work. How would you measure the opportunity cost of her work? Opportunity costs are measured by comparing the use of a resource with its alternative uses. The opportunity cost of doing accounting work is the time not spent in other ways, i.e., time such as running a small business or participating in leisure activity. The economic, or opportunity, cost of doing accounting work is measured by computing the monetary amount that
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING: AN OVERVIEW Learning Objectives Distinguish between managerial & financial accounting. Understand the evolution of management accounting. Explain about the IFAC model. Understand how managers can use accounting information to implement strategies. Explain about Relevant Lost & Relevant Regained. 2 Learning Objectives Distinguish between managerial & financial accounting. Understand the evolution of management accounting. Explain
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of Centre: Wrotham School Title of Course: BTEC National Subsidiary Diploma in Business Studies Unit Number and Title: Unit 2: Business Resources Name of assessors: Mr Williams Mr Toher Deadline for completion: Statement of Context: At the core of every organization are the human, physical, technological and financial resources that enable it to function. In this unit you learn the importance organizations place on managing their resources efficiently in order to achieve
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Valves | Pumps | Flow Controllers | Manufacturing Costs: | | | | | Material Cost/Unit | | $16 | $20 | $22 | Units/Month | | 7,500 | 12,500 | 4,000 | Material Cost/Month | | $120,000 | $250,000 | $88,000 | Labor Costs: | | | | | Production Runs/Month | | 1 run | 5 runs | 10 runs | Set-up Labor Hours/Prod. Run | | 8 hrs | 8 hrs | 12 hrs | Run Labor Hours/Unit | | .25 hrs | .50 hrs | .40 hrs | | | | | | Set-up Labor Hours/Month | |
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Individual Case Study Siemens Electric Motor Works A 1. Briefly describe the competitive environment in which Siemens operates, and how its products, processes and strategy have changed. Siemens was one of the largest companies in the world. However, there was only one factory, Electric Motor Works (EMW) which was part of manufacturing industries division and primary manufactured refrigerator motors, was survived after the World WarⅡ. After rebuilding the factory, EWM started to produce electric
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interested in wheather a company like nokia will continue to honor product warranties and support its product lines. Creditors: they use accounting information to evaluate the risks of granting credit or lending money. Labor unions : such as the football league players association want to know whether the owners can pay increased wages and benefits. Questions 3 Limitation of trail balance : * An error of original entry is when both sides of a transaction include the wrong amount.[1] For example
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| (TCO 1) Managerial accounting stresses accounting concepts and procedures that are relevant to preparing reports for | | | Student Answer: | | taxing authorities. | | | | internal users of accounting information. | | | | external users of accounting information. | | | | the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). | | Instructor Explanation: | Chapter 1, Page 7 | | | | Points Received: | 0 of 4 | | Comments: | | | | 2. | Question :
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Cost Accounting Tabitha Smith ACC 310 Christine Errico January 12, 2011 Cost Accounting What is cost accounting? Cost accounting as referred to as managerial accounting is a system of accounting used specifically by managers (Lanen, Anderson, & Maher, 2011, p. 6). Cost accounting measures, records and reports information about costs to help managers to form a well informed decisions for an organization (Lanen, Anderson, & Maher, 2011, p. 6). Cost accounting
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