ACCT 8310 - Advanced Management Accounting Systems

3 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: ACCT 4210 or ACCT 8030; or MBA 8025 or MBA 8115; or CIS 3260, CIS 3300 and CIS 3730.
Description
This course demonstrates how management accounting and control systems help managers make effective operating and strategy decisions in the firm. In particular, this course demonstrates how cost, planning, and performance measurement systems help managers increase the effectiveness of small and large firms within their current and future operating environments. To advance the skills necessary for evaluating and utilizing alternative control systems, this course also introduces economic and behavioral theories as well as current and emerging information technology and data analysis tools.