BUSE 605 Accounting for Decision Making

Accounting of the corporation and not for profit organizations are studied in this course. Net Assets, retained earnings, dividends and earnings per share, long-term debt and debt vs. equity financing, cash flow and its analysis will be emphasized. Substantial time will be devoted to decision tools available to management using accounting information: traditional financial statement analysis, cost-volume-profit relationships through break-even analysis, absorption vs. variable costing for control and product pricing decisions, gross profit analysis, and demand elasticity effects on total revenues and pricing. These topics will be applied to the not-for-profit sector as well as the for-profit sector. [Core]

Repeatable: N
Formerly 28-6111
Minimum Credits 3 Maximum Credits 3