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| Business Accounting: Introduction to Accounting |
| Course Status: | Released |
| Course Language: | English |
| Course Duration: | 4 Hours |
| Deployment Options: | Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet |
| Audience |
| Managers, prospective managers, and any other employees seeking competency in the area of accounting |
| Prerequisites |
| A basic understanding of the accounting function |
| Course Aim |
| To provide learners with an understanding of accounting concepts and methods |
| Learning Objectives |
| Give a brief history of accounting theory. Outline the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Outline contemporary accounting practices. Identify the external stakeholders in a business and the kinds of accounting information they require. Identify a business?s internal stakeholders and their accounting needs. Describe the financial accounting subsystem. Explain how events are communicated within this subsystem. Describe the management accounting subsystem. |
| Topics Covered |
| Business and Accounting in the 1990s - Accounting: A brief history - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - Hands-on: Know your accounting history - Today's accounting world Internal and External Stakeholders - Internal stakeholders - External stakeholders - Hands-on: Providing the right documents The Basic Accounting Subsystems - What is the financial accounting subsystem? - Hands-on: Grasping the basics - Communicating events within the financial accounting subsystem - The management accounting subsystem |