Managerial Accounting

(4 Credits)

Introduces students to the evolving role that managerial accounting has played and is expected to play in servicing the informational needs of managers in the planning, organizing, and controlling functions. Highlights the attention-directing, decision-support, and decision-influencing roles of managerial accounting, while helping students learn to structure business decisions systematically and identify the information relevant to a decision. Trains students to think analytically about improving existing systems to further a firm’s competitive advantage. Prerequisite: Principles of Fin Accounting ( BUSF-SHU 250 ). Fulfillment: This course satisfies BUSF Non-Finance elective; BUSM Non-Marketing elective; Business Accounting track; IMB Business elective.