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Accounting for Business Decision Making: Strategy Assessment and Control

Accounting information is the lifeblood of the organization, as it facilitates and influences operational and strategic decisions intended to achieve organizational goals. Organizations benefit from three decision-oriented roles of accounting: measurement, control, and communication. This course provides an introduction to accounting’s role in helping managers develop and implement, and improve the organization’s strategy. In particular, you will learn how non-financial and financial information is created, organized, and communicated to help managers make strategic decisions, as well as measure strategic success. This course also provides an introduction to accounting as a control function inside the organization, which helps influence the alignment of managers’ and employees’ decisions with organizational goals. You will learn about different types of controls, including process controls, budgets, and performance measurement and evaluation tools and techniques. If you enjoy this business course and are interested in an MBA, consider applying to the iMBA, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price offered by the University of Illinois. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu.

Status: Cost Accounting
Status: Resource Allocation
BeginnerCourse16 hours

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AA

4.0Reviewed Nov 20, 2020

Some errors in quizzes need to be corrected, especially Week 1

MA

5.0Reviewed Apr 26, 2020

Good pace of introducing concepts which made the course learner-friendly.

AS

4.0Reviewed Jul 23, 2023

I can't say that the course was revelational. Besides, in one place, the test is really broken

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