| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Decision making | Chapter 2 |
| 3 | Decision making (cont.) | Chapter 2 |
| 4 | Decision making (cont.) | Chapter 2 |
| 5 | Two cases | |
| 6 | Product costing | Chapter 9 |
| 7 | Product costing + case | Chapters 9-10 |
| 8 | Issues in product costing + case | Chapters 8-10 |
| 9 | Product costing refinements: 2 cases | Chapters 7 and 11 |
| 10 | Additional issues in product costing + 2 cases | Chapters 7 and 11 |
| 11 | Capacity issues + case | |
| 12 | Midterm | |
| 13 | Discuss midterm and submitted assignment (Mueller-Lehmkuhl) | |
| 14 | Incentive to overproduce; joint costs; allocation of service department costs | Chapters 8 and 10 |
| 15 | Organizational architecture | Chapters 4-5 |
| 16 | Performance evaluation + case | Chapters 4-5 |
| 17 | Performance evaluation + case (cont.) | Chapters 4-5 |
| 18 | Transfer pricing + case | Chapter 5 |
| 19 | Budgeting + case | Chapter 6 |
| 20 | Standard costing and variances + case | Chapter 12 |
| 21 | Class presentations | |
| 22 | Class presentations (cont.) | |
| 23 | Control systems: case + discuss submitted assignment | |
| 24 | Wrap-up |
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Study Materials
Readings
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Required Textbook
Zimmerman, Jerry. Accounting for Decision Making and Control. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2005. ISBN: 9780072975864.