Managerial Accounting and the Business Environment Chapter 1 © 2010 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Learning Objective 1 Understand the role of management accountants in an organization. McGraw-‐Hill/Irwin Slide 2 Organizational Structure Decentralization is the delegation of decisionmaking authority throughout an organization. Corporate Organization Chart Board of Directors President Purchasing Personnel Vice President Operations Chief Financial Officer Controller
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making across the various functional areas of an organization Managerial accounting: the form of accounting concerned with providing information to managers for use in planning and controlling operations and for decision making Financial accounting: the form of accounting concerned with providing information to shareholders‚ creditors‚ and others outside the organization The work of managers and their need for managerial accounting information Every organization has managers – someone must be
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Managerial accounting chapter 13 garison Question 13-11 Project A Initial Cost = $15‚000 Life of the project = 10 years Annual net cash inflow = $4‚000 Salvage Value = $0 Required rate of return = 16% Item Years Amount of cash flow 16% factor Present Value of Cash flow Annual net cash flow 1 to 10 $4‚000 4.833 $19‚332 Intial Investment Now $15‚000 1 $15‚000 Net Present Value (a-b) $4‚332 Project B Initial
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ACCOUNTING TOOLS FOR BUSINESS DECISION MAKING SIXTH EDITION MANAGERIAL This page intentionally left blank Jerry J. Weygandt PhD‚ CPA University of Wisconsin—Madison Madison‚ Wisconsin Paul D. Kimmel PhD‚ CPA University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Donald E. Kieso PhD‚ CPA Northern Illinois University DeKalb‚ Illinois Dedicated to the Wiley sales representatives who sell our books and service our adopters in a professional and ethical
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Chapter 4 Systems Design: Process Costing Solutions to Questions 4-1 A process costing system should be used in situations where a homogeneous product is produced on a continuous basis. ished goods) during the period plus the equivalent units in the department’s ending work in process inventory. 4-2 1. Job-order costing and process costing have the same basic purposes—to assign materials‚ labor‚ and overhead cost to products and to provide a mechanism for computing unit product costs. 2. Both systems
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CHAPTER 1 Managerial Accounting ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE Brief Exercises 1 A Problems B Problems Study Objectives *1. Explain the distinguishing features of managerial accounting. Identify the three broad functions of management. Define the three classes of manufacturing costs. Distinguish between product and period costs. Explain the difference between a merchandising and a manufacturing income statement. Indicate how cost of goods manufactured is determined. Explain the difference
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Chapter 1 Environment and Theoretical Structure of Financial Accounting AACSB assurance of learning standards in accounting and business education require documentation of outcomes assessment. Although schools‚ departments‚ and faculty may approach assessment and its documentation differently‚ one approach is to provide specific questions on exams that become the basis for assessment. To aid faculty in this endeavor‚ we have labeled each question‚ exercise and problem in Intermediate Accounting
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Chapter 1 Managerial accountingis the process of identifying‚ measuring‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and communicating information in pursuit of an organizations goals. Managerial accounting is an integral part of the management process‚ and managerial accountants are important strategic partners in an organizations management team. Four fundamental management processes that help organizations attain their goals Decision making‚ Planning(developing a detailed financial and operational description of
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Management Accounting Managerial accounting is the process of identifying‚ measuring‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and communicating information in pursuit of an organization’s goals. Managerial accounting is an integral part of the management process‚ and managerial accountants are important strategic partners in an organization’s management team. The relation between accounting and management has been commonly expressed by the phrase‚ “Accounting is a tool of management”. Accounting practice has
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Managerial Accounting Chapter # 01 Homework 1 01) How does managerial accounting differ from financial accounting? A: Managerial accounting is concerned with providing information to managers for use inside the organization. Financial accounting is con¬cerned with providing information to stockhold¬ers‚ creditors‚ and others outside of the organi¬zation. 02) Pick any major television network and describe some planning and control activities that its managers would engage in. A: Five examples
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