The course encourages students to participate actively in class discussions and to improve their analytical, communication, and inter-personal skills. Professional literature and computer software are integrated into the course. Focuses on the managerial uses of accounting information. The course emphasizes how accounting information is used by managers to plan, analyze, and control business operations. The role of budgeting in planning business operations is covered.
Students prepare pro-forma financial statements.
The components of an internal control structure are discussed. The course encourages students to participate actively in class discussions and to improve their analytical, communication, and inter-personal skills. Professional literature and computer software are integrated into the course. This course lays the foundation for the upper-level integrated business core courses by addressing managerial uses of information at the operational, tactical, and strategic levels of decision making. Students will examine the relationships among various types and levels of systems and subsystems.