Perform a horizontal or vertical analysis of one of the line items on its income statement or balance sheet. What does this information tell you?
Week 3 DQ 2 Ratio Analysis- Go to Yahoo! Finance at the following URL http:// finance. yahoo. com /. Enter the name of your favorite public company in the box in the upper left-hand corner, and click on Get Quotes. Explore the information given for your favorite company by clicking on the links on the left-hand side of the screen. What information do you find interesting?
Week 4 DQ 1 Managerial Accounting- This week, we are shifting our focus from financial accounting to managerial accounting. How do the content and verification of the reports differ between managerial and financial accounting?
Week 4 DQ 2- What is CVP analysis? How is it useful to managers?
Week 5 DQ 1 Incremental Analysis- What is incremental analysis? How is it used by management?
Week 5 DQ 2 Relevant Costs- Our lecture states that relevant costs can also be viewed as avoidable costs. What does this mean? This is a very difficult concept, so help your classmates understand it!
Week 6 DQ 1 Budgeting- Why is budgeting important for a company? What are some reasons that a company would not prepare a budget?
Week 6 DQ 2 Responsibility Accounting- Describe responsibility accounting and its purpose. What conditions are necessary for responsibility accounting to be used effectively?
Week 7 DQ 1 Capital Budgeting- Discuss the capital budgeting process and the inputs that are used in capital budgeting.
Week 7 DQ 2 Transfer Pricing- What is the transfer price? Why is determining a fair transfer price important for division managers?
Week 8- Looking Ahead Class, looking back over the Terminal Course Objectives for this course, what are you looking forward to learning more about throughout your education and career?