# ACC550 Accounting for Managers

College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department

**Course Description:** This course applies accounting tools and concepts to allow managers to make sound business decisions. Students learn to evaluate organizational performance based on accounting information and control. Reading and interpreting financial statements and reports is emphasized. Additional topics include cost allocation and budgeting, cash flow analysis, profit analysis and taxation. The importance of business ethics figures prominently throughout the course.

**Credit Hours:** 3.00

**Prerequisites:** All of: [MGT520](https://www.ecpi.edu/course/MGT520 "View MGT520")

**Corequisites:** None

## Programs offering this course

- [Business Administration (MBA) | Business Management Concentration](https://www.ecpi.edu/programs/business-administration-business-management-master-degree)
- [Business Administration (MBA) | Operations and Supply Chain Management Concentration](https://www.ecpi.edu/programs/business-administration-operations-supply-chain-management-master-degree)

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