This is an advanced accounting course that is meant to be taken after completing the Essentials of Accounting and/or The Essentials of Finance. Or if you take the course immediately you are required to have a basic understanding of the structure/rules of financial statements, indicator analysis, accounting principles/policies, accounting frameworks, and analytical methods.
The objective of this course is to learn how managers use financial information to make decisions by understanding how to identify and solve problems, and how corporate strategies affect a company financially.
In this course students will: – Be required to have a basic understanding of the structure/rules of financial statements, indicator analysis, accounting principles/policies, accounting frameworks and analytical methods as well as of finding problems and offering solutions. – Practice using their own business experience in cases studies.
This course is intended for those who want to master accounting as a “common business language” and develop the ability to read financial statements and connect strategies with numbers.
Eligible for Pre-MBA, learn more.
Section A THEME: Financial Ratios and Business Structure (Business Characteristics and Financial Ratio Analysis)
CASE: The Financial Cockpit:Three Levers and One Flight Plan
Section B THEME: Financial Ratios and Business Structure (Business Characteristics and Financial Ratio Analysis) (Continued)
CASE: BNL STORES
Section A THEME: By understanding business structure and quantifying strategy through financial forecasting, students will grasp the whole picture of the decision-making process.
CASE: Jones Electrical Distribution
Section B THEME: By understanding business structure and quantifying strategy through financial forecasting, students will grasp the whole picture of the decision-making process. (Continued)
CASE: ・ Jones Electrical Distribution ・ [Worksheet] Jones Electrical Distribution
Section A THEME: Financial Ratios and Business Structure (Business Strategies and Financial Statements)
CASE: ・ Play Time Toy Company ・ Play Time Toy Company: Worksheet
Section B THEME: Financial Ratio Analysis and Business Structure (Impact of Changes in Business Strategies on Financial Statements)
Section A THEME: Business Forecasting (Business Strategies and Their Impacts on Financial Performance)
CASE: The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
Section B THEME: Business Forecasting (Business Strategies and Their Impacts on Financial Performance) (Continued)
Section A THEME: Compliance and Governance (Accounting Fraud)
CASE: Accounting Fraud at World Com
Section B THEME: Compliance and Governance (Accounting Fraud) (Continued)
Section A THEME: Compliance and Governance (Accounting Policies and Financial Statements)
CASE: REVENUE AND EXPENSE RECOGNITION AT SALESFORCE.COM
Section B THEME: Compliance and Governance (Accounting Policies and Financial Statements) (Continued)
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