Management Accounting and Control
About
A computer showing accounting information. (Image by Matthew Palmer.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Joseph Weber
MIT Course Number
15.521
As Taught In
Spring 2003
Level
Graduate
Course Features
Course Description
This course examines management accounting and related analytical methodologies for decision making and control in profit-directed organizations. It also defines product costing, budgetary control systems, and performance evaluation systems for planning, coordinating, and monitoring the performance of a business. This course defines principles of measurement and develops framework for assessing behavioral dimensions of control systems; impact of different managerial styles on motivation and performance in an organization.
Content
3 sections 13 items