University of the People –BUS 5110 MBA COMPLETE GUIDE
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BUS 5110
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Managerial Accounting
CONTENTS (SOLUTIONS)
i. HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
1. WEEK 1
• Learning Guide Unit 1
• Discussion Assignment Unit 1 – 5 A+ Answers
• Written Assignment Unit 1 – 5 A+ Answers
• Portfolio Activity Unit 1 – 5 A+ Answers
2. WEEK 2
• Learning Guide Unit 2
• Discussion Assignment Unit 2 – 5 A+ Answers
• Written Assignment Unit 2 – 5 A+ Answers
• Portfolio Activity Unit 2 – 5 A+ Answers
3. WEEK 3
• Learning Guide Unit 3
• Discussion Assignment Unit 3 – 5 A+ Answers
• Written Assignment Unit 3 – 5 A+ Answers
• Portfolio Activity Unit 3 – 5 A+ Answers
4. WEEK 4
• Learning Guide Unit 4
• Discussion Assignment Unit 4 – 5 A+ Answers
• Written Assignment Unit 4 – 5 A+ Answers
• Portfolio Activity Unit 4 – 5 A+ Answers
5. WEEK 5
• Learning Guide Unit 5
• Discussion Assignment Unit 5 – 5 A+ Answers
• Written Assignment Unit 5 – 5 A+ Answers
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• Portfolio Activity Unit 5 – 5 A+ Answers
6. WEEK 6
• Learning Guide Unit 6
• Discussion Assignment Unit 6 – 5 A+ Answers
• Written Assignment Unit 6 – 5 A+ Answers
• Portfolio Activity Unit 6 – 5 A+ Answers
7. WEEK 7
• Learning Guide Unit 7
• Discussion Assignment Unit 7 – 5 A+ Answers
• Written Assignment Unit 7 – 5 A+ Answers
• Portfolio Activity Unit 7 – 5 A+ Answers
8. WEEK 8
• Learning Guide Unit 8
• Discussion Assignment Unit 8 – 5 A+ Answers
• Portfolio Activity Unit 8 – 5 A+ Answers
9. GROUP ACTIVITY – 6 A+ Answers
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BUS 5110
3 Credits
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The course will emphasize the role of accounting information in monitoring, planning, controlling
and decision making. It will focus on the managerial uses of accounting information and provide
students with an understanding of how managers use accounting information to analyze and
evaluate operational performance. Specific skills acquired will be identifying fixed and variable
costs, leading to the ability to calculate break-even points; calculating the present value of cash
streams leading to the ability to construct capital budgets; constructing flexible budgets for
manufacturing uses; non-routine decision methods; and financial trend analysis for financial
statement interpretation.
BUS 5110 UNIT/WEEK 1 SOLUTIONS
BUS 5110 Learning Guide Unit 1
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Overview
Unit 1: Review of Basic Accounting
Topics
• Overview of Management Accounting
• Guide to Financial Statements
• The Income Statement
• The Balance Sheet
• Statement of Cash Flows
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this Unit, you will be able to:
1. Describe the role of managerial accounting in business organizations.
2. De ne the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows;
3. Demonstrate financial statement literacy by determining a company’s key financial
values by interpreting relevant portions of its financial statements,
4. Analyze, evaluate and develop conclusions about a company by interpreting its
financial statements.
Tasks:
• Read through the Learning Guide and the Reading Assignment
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• Complete the Discussion Assignment by posting in the Discussion Forum
• Respond to and rate three of your fellow classmates’ posts in the Discussion Forum
• Complete and submit the Case Study/ Written Assignment
Complete and submit the Portfolio Activity
Introduction
Managerial accounting consists of analyzing and using accounting information to make
management decisions. In order to do this, managers need to be proficient with financial data and
how to interpret financial statements. In this course, we begin with a review of the three main
financial statements used in businesses – the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and the Statement
of Cash Flows.
Financial statements tell the story of a company, and each of the statements has a specific purpose.
The Income Statement tells how a company performed over a period of time (i.e., month, quarter,
year). The Balance Sheet provides a picture of a company’s assets, liabilities, and equity as of a
point in time (i.e., end of a month, quarter, year). Finally, the Statement of Cash Flows shows how
cash was generated and spent over a period of time.
It is important to understand that financial statements are all related, and they should be reviewed
together. Once we understand the information the financial statements provide, we can use that
information to perform various analyses, which we will see as we progress through the course.
Reading Assignment
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1. Walther, L. M. & Skousen, C.J. (2018). Managerial and Cost Accounting.
Bookboon.com
• Read Part 1 – Introduction to Managerial Accounting (pgs. 9 - 25)
• This section of the textbook de nes managerial accounting and its primary
functions.
2. Heisinger, K., & Hoyle, J. B. (n.d.). Accounting for Managers. Retrieved from
https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/accounting-for-managers/index.html
• Chapter 1 – What is Managerial Accounting Sections:
o Chapter Introduction
o Characteristics of Managerial Accounting
o Planning and Control Functions Performed by Managers
o Key Finance and Accounting Personnel
o Ethical Issues Facing the Accounting Industry
This chapter provides additional views on the role of managerial accounting as well as identifying
essential finance and accounting personnel.
3. Accounting Hub. (n.d.). Accounting. Boundless.com CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved from
http://oer2go.org/mods/en-boundless/www.boundless.com/accounting/index.html
Chapter 3
o Section 1
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o Section 2.1 – 2.7
o Section 3
This resource provides descriptions of the three fundamental financial statements.
Additional Resources
1. US Securities and Exchange Commission. (2007). Beginners Guide to Financial
Statements. Retrieved from
https://www.sec.gov/reportspubs/investorpublications/investorpubsbeg
nstmtguidehtm.html
This is an additional resource by the US SEC that provides an overview of the three vital
financial statements required by publicly traded companies.
2. One Minute Economics. (2016, August 6). Financial Statements Explained in One Minute:
Balance
Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement [Video File].
This video summarizes the primary roles of the three fundamental financial statements.
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Discussion Assignment
In the discussion forum you are expected to participate often and engage in deep levels of
discourse. Please post your initial response by Sunday evening and continue to participate
throughout the unit. You are required to post an initial response to the question/issue presented in
the Forum and then respond to at least 3 of your classmates’ initial posts. You should also respond
to anyone who has responded to you.
Your Discussion should be a minimum of 250 words in length and not more than 450 words.
Please include a word count. Following the APA standard, use references and in-text citations for
the textbook and any other sources.
Select a public (i.e., publishes its financial statements) manufacturing company and become
familiar with its products. Describe the company, its products, and the specific manufacturing
costs it incurs. Categorize each cost into the three manufacturing cost categories and state if the
costs are variable, fixed, or mixed. Explain how you came to your conclusions.
Note: if you do not have work experience, you may select a company with which you are familiar
and apply the discussion assignment to it.
