NBA 5530 - Accounting and Financial Decision Making

Spring. 3 credits.

Enrollment limited to: Non-Johnson School students only.

J. D’Souza, M. Shackell-Dowell.

Focuses on basic financial and managerial accounting and the economic and financial concepts that have a bearing on managerial decisions. The goals are to (1) give students a working knowledge of the accounting process and the value and limitations of the data that come out of the accounting information system; (2) familiarize students with key concepts in managerial accounting and the application of cost information to pricing and operating decisions; and (3) promote an understanding of the use of economic theory in the evaluation of capital investment projects. The teaching methods consist of lectures and cases. Students are evaluated on the basis of exams.