Accounting for Managers TOPIC A: AN INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING Investors – Individual and groups provide initial capital. Creditors – Company which loans money to another company (Suppliers/Bank). Managers – Oversee the day-to-day operations. What is accounting? * Process of Recognising‚ measuring‚ recording (also known as transactions)‚ disclosing and attesting to information. *Information – Decision Making (Value Creation)‚ Control (Monitoring). Process of Accounting: Transactions
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organisational plan and all the related measures that an entity adopts to: * safeguard assets * encourage adherence to company policies * promote operational efficiency * ensure accurate and reliable accounting records. It is either an administrative control or an accounting control Characteristics of an effective internal control system include: * Competent‚ reliable‚ and ethical personnel * Assignment of responsibilities * Proper authorisation * Separation of duties
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across product lines. The principal strategy for the last years is to perform a review of our operations to assets options that best evolve our strategy on sustainable‚ go-forward basics‚ also to reorganize the operations and management structure to reflect a brand-centric approach. The designed was to optimize the operational coordination
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Whitney Discussion Questions 1. Why should one study operation management? Answer: If your major field is not operations management‚ you may be wondering why you need to study operations management. Actually‚ there are compelling reasons for studying operations management. One is that 50 percent or more of all jobs are in operations management or related fields. Also‚ recall the image of a business organization as a car‚ with operations as its engine. In order for that car to function properly
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The basic accounting concepts have defined the conception of the preparation of financial statements and the process of preparation in the UK is well regulated. But financial accounting requires a fair amount of flexibility in some certain areas‚ so the need of judgements and estimations for accounts preparers is demand. Meanwhile it leaves a significant approach in accounting treatments. For example‚ when organizations decide which of several inventory valuation methods to utilize; managers make
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U. S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U. S. GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) There are numerous companies that use different types of accounting standards or rules. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles the most popularly used by companies. IFRS is a set of accounting standards that provides a global framework for how public companies prepare and disclose their financial statements. The U.S. Generally
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ACT 202 Chapter 18: Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS PLANNING: Strategic planning v. operational planning long term (5-10 years) v. day-to-day operations DIRECTING: the process by which managers run day-to-day operations CONTROLLING: monitoring operating results and comparing actual results with the expected results IMPROVING: using feedback to support continuous process improvement (the process of continually improving employees‚ business
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Operations management refers to the complex set of management activities involved in planning organizing leading‚ and controlling an organization’s operations. At one time‚ operations management was considered the backwater of management activities – a dirty‚ drab necessity. This view has changed in recent years‚ as more and more managers realize how operations can be a “beehive” of activity with major financial consequences for any organization. For instance‚ to support the work of Johns Hopkins
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YARMOUK UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATION SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING COURSE SYLLABUS FALL SEMESTER 2011/2012 COURSE: Title: ACC471— Accounting Information System Instructor:Dr. Iaad Sartawi Class Time: Section (1) – 8:00-9:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. Section (2) – 10:00-11:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. Section (3) – 8:00-9:30 Monday & Wednesday. Class Room: LAB 104A Office Hours: 11:00-12:00 Sunday‚ Tuesday‚ & Thursday. 9:30-10:30
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The formation of the debit and credit concept In this simplified form we can begin to see what the mathematician and Father of Accounting (Luca Pacioli) saw in 1494 when he codified the double-entry bookkeeping system. It is his codified system that outlined the rules for applying debits and credits when recording the financial transactions of a business in the double-entry bookkeeping system. Now remember that Luca’s book in 1494 was written and published in Latin and at a time when the concept
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