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Managerial Accounting
Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields.
- Author
- OpenStax
- Publisher
- LibreTexts
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Accounting & Auditing
Contents· 120 sections
- 01: Accounting as a Tool for Managers
- 1.0E: 1.E: Accounting as a Tool for Managers (Exercises)
- 1.01: Prelude to Accounting as a Tool for Managers
- 1.02: Define Managerial Accounting and Identify the Three Primary Responsibilities of Management
- 1.03: Distinguish between Financial and Managerial Accounting
- 1.04: Explain the Primary Roles and Skills Required of Managerial Accountants
- 1.05: Describe the Role of the Institute of Management Accountants and the Use of Ethical Standards
- 1.06: Describe Trends in Todays Business Environment and Analyze Their Impact on Accounting
- 1.07: Summary and Key Terms
- 02: Building Blocks of Managerial Accounting
- 2.0E: 2.E: Building Blocks of Managerial Accounting (Exercises)
- 2.01: Prelude to Building Blocks of Managerial Accounting
- 2.02: Distinguish between Merchandising Manufacturing and Service Organizations
- 2.03: Identify and Apply Basic Cost Behavior Patterns
- 2.04: Estimate a Variable and Fixed Cost Equation and Predict Future Costs
- 2.05: Summary and Key Terms
- 03: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
- 3.0E: 3.E: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis (Exercises)
- 3.01: Prelude to Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
- 3.02: Explain Contribution Margin and Calculate Contribution Margin per Unit Contribution Margin Ratio and Total Contribution Margin
- 3.03: Calculate a Break-Even Point in Units and Dollars
- 3.04: Perform Break-Even Sensitivity Analysis for a Single Product Under Changing Business Situations
- 3.05: Perform Break-Even Sensitivity Analysis for a Multi-Product Environment Under Changing Business Situations
- 3.06: Calculate and Interpret a Companys Margin of Safety and Operating Leverage
- 3.07: Summary and Key Terms
- 04: Job Order Costing
- 4.0E: 4.E: Job Order Costing (Exercises)
- 4.01: Prelude to Job Order Costing
- 4.02: Distinguish between Job Order Costing and Process Costing
- 4.03: Describe and Identify the Three Major Components of Product Costs under Job Order Costing
- 4.04: Use the Job Order Costing Method to Trace the Flow of Product Costs through the Inventory Accounts
- 4.05: Compute a Predetermined Overhead Rate and Apply Overhead to Production
- 4.06: Compute the Cost of a Job Using Job Order Costing
- 4.07: Determine and Dispose of Underapplied or Overapplied Overhead
- 4.08: Prepare Journal Entries for a Job Order Cost System
- 4.09: Explain How a Job Order Cost System Applies to a Nonmanufacturing Environment
- 4.10: Summary and Key Terms
- 05: Process Costing
- 5.0E: 5.E: Process Costing (Exercises)
- 5.01: Prelude to Process Costing
- 5.02: Compare and Contrast Job Order Costing and Process Costing
- 5.03: Explain and Identify Conversion Costs
- 5.04: Explain and Compute Equivalent Units and Total Cost of Production in an Initial Processing Stage
- 5.05: Explain and Compute Equivalent Units and Total Cost of Production in a Subsequent Processing Stage
- 5.06: Prepare Journal Entries for a Process Costing System
- 5.07: Summary and Key Terms
- 06: Activity-Based Variable and Absorption Costing
- 6.0E: 6.E: Activity-Based Variable and Absorption Costing (Exercises)
- 6.01: Prelude to Activity-Based Variable and Absorption Costing
- 6.02: Calculate Predetermined Overhead and Total Cost under the Traditional Allocation Method
- 6.03: Describe and Identify Cost Drivers
- 6.04: Calculate Activity-Based Product Costs
- 6.05: Compare and Contrast Traditional and Activity-Based Costing Systems
- 6.06: Compare and Contrast Variable and Absorption Costing
- 6.07: Summary and Key Terms
- 07: Budgeting
- 7.0E: 7.E: Budgeting (Exercises)
- 7.01: Prelude to Budgeting
- 7.02: Describe How and Why Managers Use Budgets
- 7.03: Prepare Operating Budgets
- 7.04: Prepare Financial Budgets
- 7.05: Prepare Flexible Budgets
- 7.06: Explain How Budgets Are Used to Evaluate Goals
- 7.07: Summary and Key Terms
- 08: Standard Costs and Variances
- 8.0E: 8.E: Standard Costs and Variances (Exercises)
- 8.01: Prelude to Standard Costs and Variances
- 8.02: Explain How and Why a Standard Cost Is Developed
- 8.03: Compute and Evaluate Materials Variances
- 8.04: Compute and Evaluate Labor Variances
- 8.05: Compute and Evaluate Overhead Variances
- 8.06: Describe How Companies Use Variance Analysis
- 8.07: Summary and Key Terms
- 09: Responsibility Accounting and Decentralization
- 9.0E: 9.E: Responsibility Accounting and Decentralization (Exercises)
- 9.01: Prelude to Responsibility Accounting and Decentralization
- 9.02: Differentiate between Centralized and Decentralized Management
- 9.03: Describe How Decision-Making Differs between Centralized and Decentralized Environments
- 9.04: Describe the Types of Responsibility Centers
- 9.05: Describe the Effects of Various Decisions on Performance Evaluation of Responsibility Centers
- 9.06: Summary and Key Terms
- 10: Short-Term Decision Making
- 10.0E: 10.E: Short-Term Decision Making (Exercises)
- 10.01: Prelude to Short-Term Decision Making
- 10.02: Identify Relevant Information for Decision-Making
- 10.03: Evaluate and Determine Whether to Accept or Reject a Special Order
- 10.04: Evaluate and Determine Whether to Make or Buy a Component
- 10.05: Evaluate and Determine Whether to Keep or Discontinue a Segment or Product
- 10.06: Evaluate and Determine Whether to Sell or Process Further
- 10.07: Evaluate and Determine How to Make Decisions When Resources Are Constrained
- 10.08: Summary and Key Terms
- 11: Capital Budgeting Decisions
- 11.0E: 11.E: Capital Budgeting Decisions (Exercises)
- 11.01: Prelude to Capital Budgeting Decisions
- 11.02: Describe Capital Investment Decisions and How They Are Applied
- 11.03: Evaluate the Payback and Accounting Rate of Return in Capital Investment Decisions
- 11.04: Explain the Time Value of Money and Calculate Present and Future Values of Lump Sums and Annuities
- 11.05: Use Discounted Cash Flow Models to Make Capital Investment Decisions
- 11.06: Compare and Contrast Non-Time Value-Based Methods and Time Value-Based Methods in Capital Investment Decisions
- 11.07: Summary and Key Terms
- 12: Balanced Scorecard and Other Performance Measures
- 12.0E: 12.E: Balanced Scorecard and other Performance Measures (Exercises)
- 12.01: Prelude to Balanced Scorecard and Other Performance Measures
- 12.02: Explain the Importance of Performance Measurement
- 12.03: Identify the Characteristics of an Effective Performance Measure
- 12.04: Evaluate an Operating Segment or a Project Using Return on Investment Residual Income and Economic Value Added
- 12.05: Describe the Balanced Scorecard and Explain How It Is Used
- 12.06: Summary and Key Terms
- 13: Sustainability Reporting
- 13.0E: 13.E: Sustainability Reporting (Exercises)
- 13.01: Prelude to Sustainability Reporting
- 13.02: Describe Sustainability and the Way It Creates Business Value
- 13.03: Identify User Needs for Information
- 13.04: Discuss Examples of Major Sustainability Initiatives
- 13.05: Future Issues in Sustainability
- 13.06: Summary and Key Terms
- 14: Appendix
- 14.01: Financial Statement Analysis
- 14.02: Time Value of Money
- 14.03: Suggested Resources