Crummer Graduate School of Business Course Syllabus
Rollins College Summer 2009
SMBA ACCT 502 (05)—MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
Dr. Ralph Drtina
Office Hours:
Office Location:
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. on class day and
by appointment
Crummer #202
Phone: 407-646-2344 (W)
407-599-7085 (H)
COURSE OBJECTIVE
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the ways that employees use financial
data to make decisions. While the course will concentrate on the use of financial information,
students will also gain a basic technical grasp of data compilation. Special emphasis will be placed
on the development of decision models and on the uncertainty of data projections needed to
generate these models. Excel worksheets will be used throughout the course as a tool for model
building and analysis.
COURSE MATERIALS
Maher, Stickney, and Weil, Managerial Accounting, 10th ed., Thomson/Southwestern, 2008.
HOMEWORK
Homework is integral to the learning process for this course. You will be assigned a group of
problems for each chapter to be covered in the course. Assignments will consist of two types:
procedural “self-review” materials that you will be expected to master on your own and more
analytical materials that you should prepare for “class discussion.” See the attached Class
Schedule for a session-to-session breakdown of these assignments. Most of our class time will be
devoted to the introduction of new concepts and the analysis of class discussion assignments.
A course Blackboard web page is set up that provides Excel worksheets for all problem
assignments. Look under the “Assignments” tab for our course. There will be three files that
correspond to the Class Schedule: self-review problems, class discussion problem shells, and class
discussion problem solutions. At this time, you can download Excel solutions for all “self-review”
assignments from Blackboard. You can also download partially completed Excel worksheet shells
for “class discussion” assignments. After we’ve completed our discussion of the day’s
assignments, I will post the Excel solutions on Blackboard.
Homework assignments are not required to be handed-in to me. Nonetheless, the key to
successfully completing this course is to understand thoroughly all the materials assigned. If you
are unclear about procedures, analysis, and conclusions contained in the assigned materials, be
certain to resolve any difficulties by working with your classmates or by talking with me.
Discussing assignments with your group members can prove extremely helpful in reinforcing your
understanding and clarifying areas of uncertainty.
