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Table Of Contents dt dt




1. Accounting as a Tool for Management
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2.Cost Behavior and Cost Estimation
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3. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis and Pricing Decisions
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4. Product Costs and Job Order Costing
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5. Planning and Forecasting
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5A: Planning and Forecasting in a Retail Setting* (online only)
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6. Performance Evaluation: Variance Analysis
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7. Activity-Based Costing and Activity-Based Management
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8. Using Accounting Information to Make Managerial Decisions
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9. Capital Budgeting
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10. Decentralization and Performance Evaluation
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11. Performance Evaluation Revisited: A Balanced Approach
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12. Financial Statement Analysis
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13. Statement of Cash Flows
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CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES dt dt




1. Define managerial accounting (Unit 1.1) dt dt dt dt




There are several formal definitions of managerial accounting. A simple one is “the
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generation of relevant information to support management’s decision- dt dt dt dt dt dt dt



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2. Describe the differences between managerial and financial accounting( dt dt dt dt dt dt dt d
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Managerial accounting’s primary users are managers and decision makers within an org
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anization, whereas financial accounting is aimed primarily at external users. Unlike GAA
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P that guides financial accounting, there are no mandated rules in managerial accountin
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g. Managerial accounting reports focus on operating segments, while financialaccountin
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g statements report results for the organization as a whole. Managerial accounting is co
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ncerned more with projecting future results than reporting past results. Managerial info
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rmation is prepared to take advantage of a window of opportunity, evenif some accurac
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y must be sacrificed. Financial accounting information is balanced to the penny and is de
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livered 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-
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term, or 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 coming year; it tra
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nslates the company’s strategy into action steps. Controlling is the monitoring of day-to-
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day operations to identify any problems that require corrective action. Evaluating is the
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process of comparing a particular period’s actual results to planned results, for the purp
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ose of assessing managerial performance. Decision making means choosing between alt
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4. Explain how the selection of a particular business strategy determines thei
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nformation that managers need to run an organization effectively (Unit 1. dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt




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To run a business effectively, managers need information that shows how well opera
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tions are meeting the organization’s strategic goals. For instance, if the organization’
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s strategy is to be a low-
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cost producer, information about product costsand cost variances will be more usefu
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l to managers than information about researchand development.
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5. Discuss the importance of ethical behavior in managerial accounting (Unit1
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Ethical behavior means knowing right from wrong and then doing the right thing. Many
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companies and most professional organizations have codes of conduct to guide employ
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ees’ actions. Acting unethically can lead to illegal activity and ultimately to the destructi
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on of the firm. Furthermore, research has shown that a public commitment toethical be
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havior can lead to superior financial performance.
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