Devry ACCT 346 (Introduction to Managerial
Accounting) Complete Course
Week 1
Discussion 1 Ethics and Ethical Behaviour (graded)

The
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) has emphasized the importance of ethical ehaviour
and codes of conduct. Discuss the costs and benefits of the ethical
environment. If a poor ethical environment results in costs to an
organization, what are they? Conversely, what are the benefits of a good
ethical environment?

Discussion 2Managerial and Financial Accounting (graded)

Flexibility,
timeliness, and forward looking is said to be the prominent trait of modern
management accounting, whereas standardization and consistency describe
financial accounting. Explain why the focus on these two accounting
systems differs.
Week 1
Assignment:
ACCT 346 Week 1 Course Project
Part 1

Week 2
Discussion1: Job Order and
Process Costing Systems –

The job
cost sheet is used to accumulate the three product costs: direct material,
direct labor, and factory overhead. Discuss the source documents for
determining these amounts (that is, where do we get these numbers, and
how we arrive at the overhead?). Why is overhead the most difficult to
assign?

Job Order and Process
Costing Systems – Discussion

Describe
how the process costing system accumulates and assigns costs by comparing and
contrasting to the job order costing system.

Week 2 Assignment:
ACCT 346 Week 2 Course Project Part 2
Week 3
Discussion 1 CVP Analysis
and Variable Costing –

Discuss the basic assumptions
of CVP analysis and how we can use CVP analysis as mangers in making
decisions.

Discussion 2 CVP Analysis
and Variable Costing –

Discuss the difference between variable costing
and full costing. Why would income computed under full costing exceed
income computed under variable costing if production exceeds sales?

Week 3 Assignments:
ACCT 346 Week 3 Course Project Part 3
ACCT 346 Week 3 Quiz – Solution 1 (9 Short Questions and MCQ’s)
ACCT 346 Week 3 Quiz – Solution 2 (9 Short Questions and MCQ’s)
Week 4
Discussion 1 Activity-Based
Costing and Incremental Analysis –

How does activity-based costing
differ from the traditional costing approach? When would it give more
accurate costs than traditional costing systems?

Discussion 2 Activity-Based
Costing and Incremental Analysis –

Only those costs that change
need be included in the decision making process. Evaluate this statement and
discuss its merits or shortcomings.

Week 4 Assignment: ACCT 346 Week 4
Midterm (Multiple Choice)

Week 5
Discussion1 Pricing and
Capital Investment Decisions –
Pricing
Techniques (graded)

Compare target costing
and cost-plus pricing. When is each the most appropriate method to use?
Provide an example of each.

Discussion 2 Pricing and
Capital Investment Decisions –
Capital
Budgeting Techniques (graded)

Suppose a company has 5
different capital budgeting projects from which to choose, but has
constrained funds and cannot implement all of the projects. Explain why
comparing the projects’ NPVs is better than comparing their IRRs.
Week 5
Assignment: ACCT 346 Week 5 Course Project Part 4
Week 6
Discussion1 Budgeting and Standard Costing –
Budgeting
(graded)

How
does a company effectively use budgets in the planning and control process?

Discussion 2 Budgeting and Standard Costing –
Standard
Costs and Variance Analysis (graded)

What
role do standard costs play in controlling the operations of a business?
Week 6 Assignment: ACCT 346 Week 6 Course Project Part 5
Week 7
Discussion 1-Evaluating Management Performance
Responsibility
Centers (graded)

Compare and contrast the three types of
responsibility centers. What is the best way to evaluate a manager’s
performance in each type of center?

Discussion 2- Evaluating Management Performance
Financial
Statement Analysis (graded)

Why do managers analyze financial statements?
What are they looking for?

Week 7
Assignment: ACCT 346 Week 7 Course Project Part 6

Week 8

ACCT 346 Week 8 Final Exam (Multiple
Choice and Explanatory)