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Table Of Contents
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1. Accounting as a Tool for Management ss ss ss ss ss




2. Cost Behavior and Cost Estimation
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3. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Pricing Decisions ss ss ss ss




4. Product Costs and Job Order Costing
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5. Planning and Forecasting ss ss




5A: Planning and Forecasting in a Retail Setting* (online only)
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6. Performance Evaluation: Variance Analysis ss ss ss




7. Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management ss ss ss ss




8. Using Accounting Information to Make Managerial Decisions
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10. Decentralization and Performance Evaluation ss ss ss




11. Performance Evaluation Revisited: A Balanced Approach ss ss ss ss ss




12. Financial Statement Analysis ss ss




13. Statement of Cash Flows ss ss ss

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1. Define managerial accounting (Unit 1.1)
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There are several formal definitions of managerial accounting. A simple
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one is “thegeneration of relevant information to support management’s
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decision- making activities.”
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2. Describe the differences between managerial and financial
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accounting(Unit 1.1)
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Managerial accounting’s primary users are managers and decision makers within
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an organization, whereas financial accounting is aimed primarily at external
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users. Unlike GAAP that guides financial accounting, there are no mandated
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rules in managerial accounting. Managerial accounting reports focus on
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operating segments, while financialaccounting statements report results for
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the organization as a whole. Managerial accounting is concerned more with
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projecting future results than reporting past results. Managerial information
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is prepared to take advantage of a window of opportunity, evenif some
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accuracy must be sacrificed. Financial accounting information is balanced to
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the penny and is delivered after the end of the accounting period.
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3. List and describe the four functions of managers (Unit 1.1)
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Planning means setting a direction for the organization. Long-term, or
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strategic planningprovides direction for a five- to ten-year period. Short-
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term or operational planning provides more detailed guidance for the
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coming year; it translates the company’s strategy into action steps.
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Controlling is the monitoring of day-to-day operations to identify any
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problems that require corrective action. Evaluating is the process of
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comparing a particular period’s actual results to planned results, for the
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purpose of assessing managerial performance. Decision making means
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choosing between alternative courses of action.
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4. Explain how the selection of a particular business strategy
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determines theinformation that managers need to run
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an organization effectively (Unit 1.2)
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To run a business effectively, managers need information that shows
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how well operations are meeting the organization’s strategic goals. For
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instance, if the organization’s strategy is to be a low-cost producer,
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information about product costsand cost variances will be more useful
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to managers than information about researchand development.
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5. Discuss the importance of ethical behavior in managerial
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accounting (Unit1.3)
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Ethical behavior means knowing right from wrong and then doing the right
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thing. Manycompanies and most professional organizations have codes of
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conduct to guide employees’ actions. Acting unethically can lead to illegal
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activity and ultimately to the destruction of the firm. Furthermore, research
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has shown that a public commitment toethical behavior can lead to superior
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financial performance.
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