Introduction To Management Accounting
Introduction To Management Accounting
MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTING
Prepared by: Rusty John T. Toledo
Faculty OJT
Management Accounting
A field of accounting that provides
economic and financial information for
internal users, particularly the managers
or decision-makers in an organization
the practice of identifying, measuring,
analyzing, interpreting, and
communicating financial
information to managers for the pursuit
of an organization's goals.
Measure and reports financial and
nonfinancial information that help
managers make decisions to fulfill the
goals of an organization. Managers use
management accounting information to
choose, communicate and implement
strategy.
Management functions
1. Planning – involves
a) Setting of immediate, as well as long-range
goals for the organization;
b) Predicting future conditions that are
expected to prevail;
c) considering the different means or
strategies by which the goals set my be
achieved; and
d) deciding which of the strategy should be
used to attain such goals.
2. Directing and motivating
Involves overseeing the day-today
activities, seeing to it that the organization
is functioning smoothly and the members of
the organization are mobilized to carry out
plans.
3. Controlling
Involves checking the performance of
activities against the plan or standards set
and deciding what corrective actions to take
should there be any deviation between the
actual and planned/standard performance.
Activities Involved in Management
Accounting
1. Determining, accumulating, and
explaining costs – both manufacturing
and non-manufacturing cost.
2. Computing or determining product
cost/service cost
3. Determining cost behavior
4. Providing assistance to management in
profit planning and budgeting
5. Accumulating and presenting data
which may be used by managers in
decision making
6. Providing bases for cost control with the
use standard cost and other planned
objectives
7. Assisting managers in developing the
company’s prices both external and
internal transactions
Application of Management Accounting