Cost Accounting Dr. Baldwin University of Alabama in Huntsville Spring 2010.

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Cost Accounting Dr. Baldwin University of Alabama in Huntsville Spring 2010

CHAPTER 1 The Accountant’s Role in the Organization

Accounting Disciplines Financial Accounting –focus on external users and GAAP rules Managerial Accounting – –focus on internal users and is not necessarily GAAP-driven. Also provides data for financial accounting. This includes: Cost Accounting Cost Management

Some Major Differences between Financial and Managerial Accounting Help Managers Make Decisions ManagerialFinancial Purpose Primary Users Focus Rules Time Span Communicate Financial Position Internal Managers External Stakeholders Future Oriented Past Oriented Cost-benefit GAAP Varies Annual/Quarter

Strategy and Management Accounting Strategy –specifies how an organization matches its own capabilities with the opportunities in the marketplace to accomplish its objectives Strategic Cost Management –focuses specifically on the cost dimension within the overall strategy

Strategy and Management Accounting Management accounting helps answer questions such as: –Who are our most important customers? –What substitute products exist? –What is our critical resource? –Will we have enough cash to support our strategy?

Management Accounting and Value Creating value is an important part of planning and implementing strategy Value –is the usefulness a customer gains from a company’s product or service Value Chain –is the sequence of business functions in which customer usefulness is added to products or services

Management Accounting and Value The Value Chain: –Research and Development –Design –Production –Marketing –Distribution –Customer Service Management accounting can provide information in each of these areas Analysis can also include the supply chain

Key Success Factors The dimensions of performance that customers expect, and that are key to the success of a company include: –Cost and efficiency –Quality –Time –Innovation

Planning and Control Systems Planning –selects goals, predicts results, decides how to attain goals, and communicates this to the organization –Budget – the most important planning tool Control –takes actions that implement the planning decision, decides how to evaluate performance, and provides feedback to the organization

Management Accounting Roles Problem Solver Scorekeeper Attention Director

Management Accounting Guidelines Cost – benefit approach is commonly used: benefits generally must exceed costs as a basic decision rule Behavioral and Technical Considerations – people are involved in decisions, not just dollars and cents Different definitions of cost may be used for different applications

Organizational Structure and the Management Accountant A typical structure might include: –CEO CFO –Controller – responsible for managerial and financial accounting –Treasury –Risk Management –Taxation –Internal Audit

Professional Ethics The four standards of ethical conduct for management accountants as advanced by the Institute of Management Accountants: –Competence –Confidentiality –Integrity –Objectivity

End of Chapter 1 Just a review of things you already learned in 212. Now, let’s move forward!