8115, Syllabus, Aderhold Room 204, 4:30-7pm, Wednesday, Spring, 2010 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING This course introduces you to a select set of topics on managerial decision-making and control, including basic cost concepts, inventory process systems, budgeting, performance measures, segments and transfer pricing. We will examine the current practices of these elements of managerial control in decentralized business organizations and conceptual issues related to designing effective managerial decision-making
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economics (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. Course Learning Objectives Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. Discuss managerial economics and its relationship to microeconomics and other related fields of study such as finance, marketing, and statistics. 2. Decide economic goals for the firm and develop optimal decisions that will bring the firm closest to those goals. 3. Define supply, demand, and equilibrium price. 4. Apply the concepts of price elasticity
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According to the Beyond Budgeting by Hope & Fraser, they defined budget as the “year-end profit forecasts”. Budgets have been using by companies for years since decades ago as a tool for management to use to achieve its strategic goals. A company plans its expedition toward its strategic goal in a planned method, and its preparation for the expedition with a strategic plan called a budget. Critics of budgets claim that budgets are bad for business and no longer sufficient and are “fundamentally
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Handbook of Management Accounting Research Volume 3 Edited by CHRISTOPHER S. CHAPMAN Imperial College London, UK ANTHONY G. HOPWOOD University of Oxford, UK MICHAEL D. SHIELDS Michigan State University, USA AMSTERDAM – BOSTON – HEIDELBERG – LONDON – NEW YORK – OXFORD PARIS – SAN DIEGO – SAN FRANCISCO – SINGAPORE – SYDNEY – TOKYO Elsevier The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK First edition 2009 Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of
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Australian School of Business Banking and Finance FINS3625 Applied Corporate Finance Course Outline Semester 1, 2014 Part A: Course-Specific Information Part B: Key Policies, Student Responsibilies and Support Table of Contents PART A: COURSE-‐SPECIFIC INFORMATION 1 STAFF CONTACT DETAILS 1.1 Communication with Staff 2 COURSE DETAILS 2.1 Teaching Times and Locations 2.2 Units of Credit
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Introduction What is accounting? Relevance of accounting and capital budgeting to environmental management and engineering issues Types of accounting systems Shortcomings of accounting systems as environmental information systems Full cost accounting 2) Incorporating social and environmental costs into accounting systems: National accounts Financial accounts 2 Cost accounting systems and capital budgeting 3) Valuing the environment 4) The ultimate goal – full
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Star Appliance Case Study Star Appliance is looking to expand their product line and is considering three different projects: dishwashers, garbage disposals, and trash compactors. We want to determine which project would be worth doing by determining if they will add value to Star. Thus, the projects that will add the most value to Star Appliance will be worth pursuing. The current hurdle rate of 10% should be re-evaluated by finding the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). Then by forecasting
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business organisation. Learners will learn how to evaluate these different sources and compare how they are used. They will learn how financial information is recorded and how to use this information to make decisions for example in planning and budgeting. Students of this unit will gain an understanding of where and how to access sources of finance for a business, and the skills to use financial information for decision making. Upon completing the unit, learners will understand the sources of finance
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business organisation. Learners will learn how to evaluate these different sources and compare how they are used. They will learn how financial information is recorded and how to use this information to make decisions for example in planning and budgeting. Students of this unit will gain an understanding of where and how to access sources of finance for a business, and the skills to use financial information for decision making. Upon completing the unit, learners will understand the sources of finance
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Question 1: Capital Budgeting (12 + 4 + 4 = 20 marks) | | Forgone Rent | Fitout | Equipment | Operating Expense | Advertising | Revenue | Net Cash Flow | Time Factor | Present Value | Y0 | | -150,000 | -120,000 | | | | -270000 | 1 | -270000 | Y1 | -60,000 | | | -180,000 | -40,000 | 400,000 | 120000 | 0.917 | 110040 | Y2 | -60,000 | | | -180,000 | -40,000 | 400,000 | 120000 | 0.842 | 101040 | Y3 | -60,000 | | 36,000 | -180,000 | -40,000 | 400,000 | 156000 | 0.772 | 120432
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