Chapter 1
Chapter 1
CONTENTS
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Contents:
CHAPTER 1: (1) What is managerial accounting?
MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING: (2) Why does managerial accounting matter to
your career? and
AN OVERVIEW
(3) What skills do managers need to succeed?
discussing two topics:
PowerPoint Authors:
The role of ethics in business
Corporate social responsibility
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What is accounting ?
Accounting is a system of identifying, recording
and communicating monetary information
WHAT IS MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING Two main types of accounting :
- Financial
- Managerial
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Accounting System
(accumulates financial and - Focus on internal users
managerial accounting data in the
cost accounting system)
- Emphasis on future: planning, controlling,
makinh decision
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting - Emphasis on timeliness
provides information for
provides information to managers of an
- Forcus on segment reporting
external users:stockholders, organization’s who plan - No national or Inter national rules
creditors and others who are and control its
out side the organization operations.
External Internal Internal
Users Users Users
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Compare
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Performance Performance
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Managerial Accounting
Comparison of Financial and
Managerial Accounting
Financial Accounting Managerial Accounting
- Focus on internal users
- Emphasis on future: planning, controlling, Externally focused Internally focused
Must follow externally imposed rules No mandatory rules
makinh decision
- Emphasis on relevance and timeliness Objective financial information Financial and information; subjective
information possible nonfinancial
- Forcus on segment reporting
- No national or Inter national rules Historical orientation Emphasis on the future
Information about the firm as a whole Internal evaluation and decisions
based on very detailed information
More self-contained Broad, multidisciplinary
Internal
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Certification
Three major forms of certification for managerial
accountants:
Certificate in Management Accounting
Certificate in Public Accounting
Certificate in Internal Auditing
Each certification offers particular advantages to
a managerial accountant.
All three certifications offer proof of achievement
at a minimum level of professional competence.
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