Chapter 1 Review Questions 1. A project is defined‚ according to the Project Management Insitute‚ as a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product‚ service‚ or result. Five characteristics that help differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the daily operations of the organization are as follows: 1. An established objective. 2. A defined life span with a beginning and an end. 3. Usually‚ the involvement of serveral departments and professionals. 4. Typically
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Unit 1 Introduction to Managerial Accounting Stephanie Curry Kristina Unutoa American InterContinental University 03/31/2013 Abstract In this report we will be going over the objectives and characteristics of an internal accounting system‚ the importance of accounting information to the company‚ and the ethics in business and the managing accountant’s role. “HOW THE INTERNAL ACCOUTNING SYSTEM WORKS ON THE INSIDE” Introduction: The managerial accounting system is developed to give data
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CHAPTER 3 Product Costing and Cost Accumulation in a Batch Production Environment ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS 3-1 (a) Use in financial accounting: In financial accounting‚ product costs are needed to determine the value of inventory on the balance sheet and to compute the cost-of-goods-sold expense on the income statement. b) Use in managerial accounting: In managerial accounting‚ product costs are needed for planning‚ for cost control‚ and for decision making. c) Use in cost
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Chapter 1 Introduction: The Role‚ History‚ and Direction of Management Accounting MULTIPLE CHOICE C 1. One of the objectives of management accounting is to provide a. stockholders and potential investors with useful information for decision making b. banks and other creditors with information useful in making credit decisions c. management with information useful for planning and controlling operations d. the Internal Revenue Service with information
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1.Managerial accounting vs financial accounting Managerial accounting information system is an information system that produces outputs using inputs and processes needed to satisfy specific managerial objectives. How do management accounting and financial accounting differ? Management Accounting Financial Accounting 1. Internally focused
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Decision-making plays a large role in every company’s success. Business professionals should be concerned with how decisions affect workers‚ the local economy‚ other businesses‚ and profits. Satisfying all of these criteria is difficult‚ so which factor is the most important? Should a company solely concern itself with profits? How would the Bible apply to these factors? I believe every company changes their decision making skills based on the situation. Sometimes it is more important to
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project consists of a compilation of Managerial Accounting principles and concepts that have been learned throughout the ACCT 202 course. The theory learned was put into practice by using direct Accounting Information from the Nike Corporation‚ as a guideline for our own company‚ Scooter’s Sneakers. By fulfilling the guidelines for the project‚ the group was better able to visualize and understand the techniques and reasoning for the information learned from each Chapter taught in class. Introduction:
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Managerial Accounting Vs Financial Accounting Management Accounting is used primarily by those WITHIN a company or organization. Reports can be generated for any period of time such as daily‚ weekly or monthly. Reports are considered to be "future looking" and have forecasting value to those within the company. Financial accounting is used primarily by those OUTSIDE of a company or organization. Financial reports are usually created for a set period of time‚ such as a fiscal year or period. Financial
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Discussions for Managerial Accounting: Week 4: Discussion 1 How does activity-based costing differ from the traditional costing approach? When would it give more accurate costs than traditional costing systems? * Activity based costing (ABC) is a method for assigning costs to products‚ services‚ projects‚ tasks‚ or acquisitions‚ based on the activities that go into them and the resources consumed by these activities. ABC contrasts with traditional costing‚ which sometimes assigns costs using
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Financial accounting reports are prepared for the use of external parties such as shareholders and creditors‚ whereas managerial accounting reports are prepared for managers inside the organization. This contrast in basic orientation results in a number of major differences between financial and managerial accounting‚ even though both financial and managerial accounting often rely on the same underlying financial data. In addition to the to the differences in who the reports are prepared for
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