15.963 | Spring 2007 | Graduate

Management Accounting and Control

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the use of accounting information by managers for decision making, performance evaluation and control. The course should be useful for those who intend to work as management consultants, for LFM (Leaders for Manufacturing) students, and in general, for those who will become senior …
This course is an introduction to the use of accounting information by managers for decision making, performance evaluation and control. The course should be useful for those who intend to work as management consultants, for LFM (Leaders for Manufacturing) students, and in general, for those who will become senior managers.
Learning Resource Types
Lecture Notes
Presentation Assignments
Written Assignments
Diagram showing that management accounting affects each step of a value chain.
Management accounting plays a role in many parts of a company’s value chain. See Lecture 1 for more details. (Image by Prof. Mozaffar Khan.)