Management Accounting and Control

As taught in: Spring 2003

A close-up of a pencil sitting on top of a latop.

A computer showing accounting information. (Image by Matthew Palmer.)

Instructors:

Prof. Joseph Weber

MIT Course Number:

15.521

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.