ACCT116 Management Accounting Spring Semester 2012/13 Course Instructor Dr Emad AWADALLAH Library Building Basement Room B161 Email: emad.awadallah@qu.edu.qa Contact Details O Course Instructor: Dr Emad AWADALLAH My Office room: Library Building‚ Basement‚ Room B161 Office Hours: Sunday Female 9:30-10:30 am Office Hours: Thursday Male 9:30-10:30 am E-mail: emad.awadallah@qu.edu.qa Core Text Book By Garrison‚ Noreen and Brewer‚ 14th edition‚ 2011. Assessment Grading First Exam Second
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Table of Content * INTRODUCTION...................................................................08 1.0 INFORMATION SYSTEM (IS)………………………………......08 2.0 ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM (AIS)…..................08 3. O History OF AIS……………………………………………………‚.08 4.1 TYPES OF AIS…………………………………………………......09 4.1 MANUAL SYSTEM…………………………………………………….. 09 4.2 LEGACY SYSTEM……………………………………………………....09 4.3 REPLACEMENT OF LAGACY…………………………….……..……10 5.0 COMPONENTS OF AIS…………………………………………..10 5.1 PEOPLE………………………………………………………………
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research project which will design to investigate business usage of acomputerized accounting system (CAS) to ascertain if there are obstacles that prevent businessesfrom migrating to such a system. Two groups of businesses will be surveyed. Those that currentlyuse a CAS and those that do not. The purpose of this comparison is to determine what will the major influences in their decision to use or not use accounting software for their business. A secondaryobjective was to learn more about the influence
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of Management Accounting Learning Objective: Define and explain the distinguishing features of management accounting. Explain the concept of cost accounting and cost object Differentiate between data and information List the type of information needed * last page Identify and explain the elements of useful information Explain the concept of financial (and non-financial) information and its limitations Differentiate between management accounting and financial accounting. List the broad
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a) COST ACCOUNTING Cost accounting system is the part of management accounting that makes budget‚ actual cost of operations‚ analysis of variance and profitability of social use of funds. Cost accounting helps the manager in decision making regarding the reduction of the cost of the company and in improving the profitability. Cost accounting system is primarily used for internal managers therefore it does not need to follow the standards of GAAP. Cost accounting is also considered very important
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Abstracts This paper starts with introducing importance of management accounting literature and reviews the historical development of cost accounting from 1850 through 2000‚ includes origin of management accounting and controlling practices. In addition it identifies the management accounting theoretical development‚ and the main critiques that shapes the development of management accounting‚ thus creating a ground for future research or reviews. As well as it presents challenge existed in the
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technology has revolutionized the way accounting is done. Long gone is the time of manually entering numbers into big bulky ledgers and journal books. Technology has also taken away the stigma associated with accountants. They have long been considered “bean counters” and introverts. This is no longer the case since leaning over ledgers and adding numbers on a calculator all day is a thing of the past. People skills have emerged as an important part of the accounting profession because of the change in
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Accounting is the collection and aggregation of information for decision makers including managers‚ investors‚ regulators‚ lenders‚ and the public. Accounting systems affect behavior and management and have affects across departments‚ organizations‚ and even countries. This paper will give the reader an understanding about cost accounting. This paper will discuss: Why is cost accounting so important to the success of the firm; what are the various methods of cost accounting and how are they used;
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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 about taxable income p. 004 D 2. Management accounting is concerned
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importance of managerial accounting in the workplace By: Michelle Moran | Posted: Jun 23‚ 2010 Managerial accounting is concerned with the use of economic and financial information to plan and control many activities of an entity and to support the management decision course. Management accountants play important roles more specifically in planning & coordination with production‚ marketing and financial functions. A subset of the managerial accounting profession is cost accounting which relates to
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