Program Objectives.
Upon completion of this program, students will acquire professional in-demand skills and will be able to:

• Identify and select accounting information relevant to managerial decision making.
• Understand the various functions of a budget.
• Calculate budget variances and explain their meaning.
• Present a reasoned argument for making a business decision based on the analysis of accounting information.
• Understand the implications for developing and implementing an appropriate accounting system that meets the needs of knowledge-based businesses and new global-based business operations.

Introduction to Management Accounting
by Charles T. Horngren, Gary L. Sundem, David Burgstahler,Jeff Schatzberg
Pearson
The 16th or 17th edition

About the authors
Charles T. Horngren was the Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Accounting, emeritus, at Stanford University. A graduate of Marquette University, he received his MBA from Harvard University and his PhD from the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Accounting Hall of Fame. Horngren served the American Accounting Association as its president and as director of research. He received the association’s first annual Outstanding Accounting Educator Award. He also received its Lifetime Contribution to Management Accounting Award.
Gary L. Sundem is professor of accounting at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received his BA from Carleton College and his MBA and PhD from Stanford University. Professor Sundem has served as President of the American Accounting Association, Executive Director of the Accounting Education Change Commission, and Editor of The Accounting Review. He is currently president of the International Association for Accounting Education and Research. He received the Carleton College Outstanding Alumni award in 2002.
David Burgstahler is the Julius A. Roller Professor of Accounting at the University of Washington, Seattle. He received his BA degree from the University of Minnesota–Duluth, and his PhD from the University of Iowa. He has been associate dean for masters programs and executive education and acting dean at the University of Washington Business School. He has served on more than 40 PhD supervisory committees and has been recognized multiple times as Beta Alpha Psi Professor of the Year and as MBA Professor of the Quarter at the University of Washington.
Jeff Schatzberg is the Vice-Dean and Eller Professor of Accounting in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. Professor Schatzberg received his BA (in philosophy), MA (in accounting), and PhD (in business administration), all at the University of Iowa. Professor Schatzberg has numerous publications in the most prestigious accounting and business journals, including the Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, Journal of Management Accounting Research, and Issues in Accounting Education.

About the Publisher
Pearson is the world's largest education company. Although Pearson generates approximately 60 percent of its sales in North America, it operates in more than 70 countries. In 2019 Pearson announced it would begin the process of phasing out the publishing of printed textbooks, in a plan to move into a more digital-first strategy. The company reportedly envisions students relying more on e-textbooks, which would be updated frequently.