Overview
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Explore the basics of managerial accounting—a specialized branch of accounting that helps managers make critical business decisions.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Benefits of managerial accounting
- What is managerial accounting?
- Types of managerial accounting
- The bigger picture
- Lean accounting
- Activity-based costing
- Lifecycle costing
- Project accounting
- Case study: Insource vs. outsource payroll
- Strategic goals and outcomes
- Outputs that matter
- Information needs
- Assumptions and business rules
- Preparing a model
- Building capability
- What to do now
