ACCT 551 - Accounting for Business Leaders

Today’s executives face an array of mission-critical accounting challenges, including evolving reporting standards, globalization, and fraud control. This course examines corporate financial reporting and management accounting systems, balancing an understanding of responsible accounting practices and information with the preparation of the financial statements. In addition to the discussion of external reporting, the course provides an overview of internal reporting by examining the use of accounting concepts and procedures in cost calculation, decision making, and planning and control. Learning is based on analysis of problems and cases, and model building with electronic worksheets.

Credits: 3