Managerial Accounting: Cost Behaviors, Systems, and Analysis (Coursera)

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand what managerial accounting is and why it is important.

• Describe fundamental concepts of managerial accounting.

• Apply the financial perspective of accounting for costs.

• Identify problems associated with relying on financial accounting information for internal decision making.

• Organize cost information according to the decision-making needs of the organization.

• Apply activity-based costing (ABC) and recognize the influence of setting and decision characteristics on the relevance of ABC systems.

• Address common "what-if" questions using cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis.

• Apply CVP analysis in a variety of scenarios.

Course 1 of 7 in the Value Chain Management Specialization.

Syllabus

Week 1

Course Overview and Introduction to Managerial Accounting

In this module, you will become familiar with the course, your instructor, your classmates, and our learning environment. Then, you will be introduced to Managerial Accounting and Costing Concepts.

Week 2

Costing Systems I - Elements and Design

Organizations can organize cost information however best suits their decisions. In this module, we introduce the role of costing systems, identify some example systems and settings in which they are most useful, and explore how accounting for overhead costs influences the value of cost information.

Week 3

Costing Systems II - Activity-Based Costing

Activity-based costing systems adopt a more refined view of the organization, and can increase the accuracy of cost information. In this module, we introduce the fundamentals of activity-based costing systems, identify related advantages and disadvantages, and demonstrate how such systems are implemented using an in-depth example.

Week 4

Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) Analysis

Cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis is the tool that managers can use to better understand the answers to "what-if" questions in order to make better decisions for their companies. In this module you will explore the power of CVP analysis