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The Accountants Role in the Organization
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Accounting Discipline Overviewy Managerial Accounting measures, analyzes and
reports financial and nonfinancial information to help
managers make decisions to fulfill organizationalgoals. Managerial accounting need not be GAAPcompliant.
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Financial Accounting focus on reporting to externalusers including investors, creditors, and governmentalagencies. Financial statements must be based onGAAP.
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Major Differences Between
Financial & Managerial AccountingManagerial Accounting Financial Accounting
PurposeD
ecision making
Communicate financial
position to outsiders
Primary Users Internal managers External users
Focus/Emphasis Future-oriented Past-oriented
RulesD
o not have to follow GAAP;cost vs. benefit GAAP compliant;CPA audited
Time SpanUltra current to very long
time horizonsHistorical monthly,
quarterly reports
BehavioralIssues
Designed to influenceemployee behavior
Indirect effects onemployee behavior
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Strategy & Management Accounting
yStrategy specifies how an organization matches itsown capabilities with the opportunities in themarketplace to accomplish its objectives
y Strategic CostManagement focuses specifically on
the cost dimension within a firms overall strategy
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Strategy & Management Accountingy Management accounting helps answer important
questions such as:y Who are our most important customers, and how do we
deliver value to them?
y What substitute products exist in the marketplace, and
how do they differ from our own?y What is our critical capability?
y Will we have enough cash to support our strategy or willwe need to seek additional sources?
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Management Accounting and Valuey Creating value is an important part of planning and
implementing strategy
yValue is the usefulness a customer gains from acompanys product or service
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Management Accounting and ValueyValue Chain is the sequence of business functions
in which customer usefulness is added to productsor services
y The Value-Chain consists of:1. Research & Development
2. Design
3. Production
4. Marketing5. Distribution
6. Customer Service
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The Value Chain Illustrated
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A Value Chain Implementation
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Key Success Factorsy The dimensions of performance that customers
expect, and that are key to the success of a company
include:y Cost and efficiency
y Quality
y Time
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Innovation
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Planning & Control Systemsy Planning selects goals, predicts results, decides how to
attain goals, and communicates this to the
organizationy Budget the most important planning tool
y Control takes actions that implement the planningdecision, decides how to evaluate performance, and
provides feedback to the organization
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A Five-Step Decision Making Process inPlanning & Control
1. Identify the problem and uncertainties2. Obtain information
3. Make predictions about the future
4. Make decisions by choosing between alternatives
5. Implement the decision, evaluate performance, andlearn
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Management Accounting Guidelines
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Cost Benefit approach is commonly used: benefitsgenerally must exceed costs as a basic decision rule
y Behavioral & Technical Considerations people areinvolved in decisions, not just dollars and cents
y D
ifferent definitions of cost may be used for differentapplications
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A Typical Organizational Structure andthe Management Accountant
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Professional Ethicsy The four standards of ethical conduct for management
accountants as advanced by the Institute ofM
anagement Accountants:y Competence
y Confidentiality
y Integrity
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Objectivity
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