Course Description
How can managers use accounting information to help create and assess value in organizations? The course emphasizes three main areas: (1) understanding how an organization consumes resources and generates value, (2) using accounting information for decision making, and (3) using financial and nonfinancial information to assess organizational performance. Students will learn how to use the tools that facilitate better pricing, operating and investing decisions, including cost allocation, cost behavior and estimation, Cost-Volume-Profit analysis, incremental analysis, managing constraints, analyzing cash flows, and ratio analysis.
College/School
Willamette College
Locations
Salem
Offering Cycle, by Year
All Years
Offering Cycle, by Semester
Fall Semester
Credit Hours Min
4
Prerequisites
Open to Business majors only
Complete BUS 2103.
Complete one of BUS 1308, ECON 230, MATH 138, or IDS 138, or with instructor consent.
Prior Completion of ECON 115 is recommended.