University School of Business MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING Course Syllabus Professor Yun Zhang Phone: 202-994-7532 Suite 601-C Funger Hall Email: yunzhang@gwu.edu 2201 G Street NW Washington DC 20052 Course Introduction Managerial accounting is concerned with the use of accounting data by managers to plan and control (evaluate) personnel
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Discuss the forces of innovation, change and continuity underlying the diffusion of management accounting systems Ran Tao Introduction Accounting is the process of identifying, measuring and communicating financial information about an entity to permit informed judgments and decisions by users of the information. (Weetman, 2010) Management accounting is a specialist branch of accounting which has developed to serve the particular needs of management. It helps companies to formulate business
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MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES Introduction This series of financial management case studies will be based around the business of Coverdrive Ltd, a manufacturer of high quality, hand made cricket bats. Coverdrive Ltd is based in Whitby North Yorks and is an owner-managed company. It had been originally formed in the early 1980’s as a partnership with the aid of some European funding. It currently has a budgeted turnover of £2.75m with anticipated profit for the year of £0.40m. This first case study focuses
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This is a critique on the paper Stability and change: an institutional study of management accounting change written by Associate Prof. Dr. Siti Nabiha Abdul Khalid and Proffesor Robert W. Scapens Purpose The purpose of this paper, as stated on the first page, is to explore the relationship between stability and change within the process of accounting change. It focuses on the ceremonial implementation of value-based management and how key performance indicators can become decoupled from day-to-day
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Case study research offers the potential for a deeper examination of the processes involved in the relationship between MCS and strategy formulation and implementation. The aim of case research is not necessarily to identify the best fit between MCS, strategy and other variables, but to study the interactions between MCS and strategy. This may be contrasted with the empirical research reviewed in the preceding section that was cross-sectional in design and therefore presented a static view
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resource management and administration. Zulkifli had been the finance and accounts manager since 1995. THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE ATLAM overhauled its information technology (IT) facilities in 2000. Before this they had been in a very poor state. A study on ATLAM was conducted in 1997 by the World Maritime University and it had deemed ATLAM to be behind its other compatriots in Europe and Japan in terms of IT infrastructure. The 1997 privatisation of ATLAM resulted in the introduction of new shareholders
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UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ______________________________________________________________________________ COURSE CODE : BKAF3083 COURSE : ACCOUNTING THEORY AND PRACTICE PRE-REQUISITE : BKAF3073 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING IV |Lecturer |Group |Room |Ext. |e-mail | |DR. DHIAA SHAMKI |C & F
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Wilkerson Company Case: Wilkerson Company In the case, we have review the allocation of overhead by using Traditional Cost Accounting (TCA) and Activity Based Costing (ABC) in a manufacturing company named Wilkerson. Through the case study, I have learnt the importance of Cost Accounting System, the principles of TCA and ABC, the advantages and disadvantage of ABC, the practical use of ABC and cost reduction using ABC. 1. Importance of Cost Accounting System. Through the case study, I learnt that
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ACC00146 Management Accounting Unit Information Guide Session 1 2012 © 2012 Southern Cross University Southern Cross University Military Road East Lismore NSW 2480 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher. Copyright material indicated in this work has been copied under Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968
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Provide your best estimate of the cost and profitability of Wilkerson’s three product lines using: a. Wilkerson’s existing cost system b. an activity-based cost model using the information in the case 2. What causes any shifts in reported product costs and profitability? 3. Based on your analysis in Question 1b, recommend three distinct actions that Wilkerson’s managers could implement to improve profitability? 4. What concerns, if any, do any have with the cost estimates you prepared in the
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