COURSE NUMBER: MBA 224A.1
COURSE TITLE: Managerial Accounting
UNITS OF CREDIT: 2
INSTRUCTOR: Suneel Udpa
E-MAIL ADDRESS: udpa@haas.berkeley.edu
CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION (HTTP URL): CATALYST
MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Wednesday
PREREQUISITE(S): BA202A
CLASS FORMAT: Lectures and cases
REQUIRED READINGS: Text,
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:
Class Participation: 15%
Midterm: 25%
Cases: 20%
Final: 40%
ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:
A more descriptive title for the course would be "Accounting for
Decision-making and Control." This course is concerned with how a manager
uses accounting information within his or her organization. Managers need
information to perform three essential functions in an organization: a)
planning operations, b) controlling and evaluating performance, and c) making
decisions. The purpose of this class is to show what information is needed
within an organization, where this information can be obtained, and how this information
can be used by managers to plan, control, and make decisions. The course will
emphasize that there is no perfect (cost) accounting system and will present
the trade-offs that managers have to make between designing systems for
reporting, decision-making, control and performance evaluation
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Please check: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/udpa.html