Accounting for Management Flashcards

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What is a definition of financial accounting?

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Financial accounting: recording financial transactions and summarizing them in periodic statements for external users.

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What is a definition of cost accounting?

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Cost accounting: recording data and producing information about the costs of products, activities and responsibility centres.

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In management accounting, what is the information mainly produced for?

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Internal use (managers and employees).

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What is a definition of management accounting?

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Management accounting: provision of information about historical and future costs of products and services, providing financial and non-financial information to managers.

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In management accounting, what is the purpose of information?

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To aid planning, control and decision making.

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In management accounting, what are the legal requirements?

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None.

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In management accounting, what are the format requirements?

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Management decides on the information they require and the most useful way of presenting it.

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In management accounting, what is the nature of information?

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Financial and non-financial.

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In management accounting, what is the time period?

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Historical and forward-looking.

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In financial accounting, what is the information mainly produced for?

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External use (shareholders, payables, lenders, banks, government).

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In financial accounting, what is the purpose of information?

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To record the financial performance in a period and the financial position at the end of that period.

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In financial accounting, what are the legal requirements?

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Limited companies must produce financial accounts.

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In financial accounting, what are the format requirements?

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Limited companies must produce financial accounts.

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In financial accounting, what is the nature of information?

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Mostly financial.

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In financial accounting, what is the time period?

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Mainly historical records.

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What is data?

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Data consists of numbers, letters, symbols, raw facts, events and transactions which have been recorded but not yet processed into a form suitable for use.

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What is information?

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Information is data which has been processed in such a way that it is meaningful to the person who receives it (for making decisions).

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What is a mission statement and what are its main elements?

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The mission statement is a statement in writing that describes the overall aim of an organization. The four main elements are:
* Purpose
* Strategy
* Policies and culture
* Values

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What are the attributes of good information?

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The ‘ACCURATE’ acronym:
A – Accurate
C – Complete
C – Cost-effective
U – Understandable
R – Relevant
A – Authoritative
T – Timely
E – Easy-to-use

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What are the main functions of management?

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The main functions of management are planning, decision making and control.

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What is planning?

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  • First part of the decision-making process.
  • Establishing objectives and formulating strategies to achieve objectives short-term (tactical) or long-term.
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What is decision making?

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  • Considering the information provided and making an informed decision.
  • Choosing between alternatives.
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What is control?

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  • The second part of the decision-making process.
  • Comparing information on actual and planned results to take control measures and amend plans.
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What information is needed for planning?

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  • What has happened in the past.
  • What might happen in the future.
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What information is needed for decision making?
* Reliable information on different courses of action. * The consequences of different options.
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What information is needed for control?
* Information on actual results. * Plans or targets. * Internally produced feedback.
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What are the three levels of planning?
* Strategic * Tactical * Operational
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Describe strategic planning and control.
It is about long-term objectives and goals. It involves senior manegers.
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Describe tactical planning and control.
It is about short-term plans for the next year. It involves senior managers.
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Describe operational planning and control.
It is about day-to-day plans. It involves all managers.
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What information system is used for strategic planning and control?
Executive information system (EIS).
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What information system is used for tactical planning and control?
Decision support system (DSS).
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What information system is used for operational planning and control?
Transaction processing system (TPS).