This is a first-year gateway course and is not available for second-year bidding.  Second-years must wait until the add/drop process begins in January to add this class.

COURSE NUMBER: MBA 224A.1

COURSE TITLE:  Managerial Accounting

UNITS OF CREDIT:  2

INSTRUCTOR:  Solomon N. Darwin

E-MAIL ADDRESS:  darwin@haas.berkeley.edu

CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION (HTTP URL): CATALYST

MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Wednesday 8:00-10:00 AM

PREREQUISITE(S): MBA202

CLASS FORMAT:  Lectures, Group projects and Cases

REQUIRED READINGS:  Text: Managerial Accounting by Garrison Noreen 10/e – ISBN:  0-07-242338-2

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:
Class Participation and Cases: 15%

Midterm: 25%
Group Project: 30%
Final: 30%

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. The special group project facilitates a forum for developing interactive learning, problem solving and strategic planning skills.  

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Please check: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty/darwin.html