Financial Accounting for Decision Making Activity Accounting 208A  Spring 2007

Henry B. Brock, CPA, MBA                Office:  Bldg. 94 room 261 

Telephone:    909-869-2369                   Email:    hbbrock@csupomona.edu

Web Page:  http://www.csupomona.edu/~hbbrock

Office Hours:   MW 1:00 - 2:00 PM   TT 9:00 - 10:00 AM                                                          

Text:  Computerized Managerial Accounting Projects Using Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics  by Stacy E. Kovar

Course Objectives:

1.   Use critical thinking skills in the case analysis.

2.   Identify accounting information.

3.  Input accounting information into Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics accounting software.

4.  Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluating Performance Relative to Plan.

5.  Analyzing Costs and Extracting Customized Data to Support Decision Making and Performance Evaluation.

Determination of Grade:

The points for each assignment is listed on the Schedule of Assignments (Total 100).

A = 90 - 100.   B = 80 - 89.   C = 70 - 79.   D = 60 - 69.   F = Below 69.

The University has strict guidelines for academic integrity in the University Catalog.  All forms of violating academic integrity will be reported to Judicial Affairs.

In all your written assignments you must not take credit for another's work.  The definition in the catalog is as follows:

"Plagiarism is intentionally or knowingly presenting words, ideas or work of others as one’s own work. Plagiarism includes copying homework, copying lab reports, copying computer programs, using a work or portion of a work written or created by another but not crediting the source, using one’s own work completed in a previous class for credit in another class without permission, paraphrasing another’s work without giving credit, and borrowing or using ideas without giving credit." University Catalog (p.49)

Read chapters 1 - 4 and projects 1 - 3.  For your assignments in the blue border boxes give written responses or perform what is asked.  Use the original pages in the book to submit your answers.

Schedule of Assignments

No Late Assignments Will Be Accepted.

Important Points to Remember

Set the User Date - The user date can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the Dynamics main window.  Each time you begin work on the projects, you should reset the User Date by going to File>User Date to the last date mentioned in the project you are working on, or to 12/31/01 if you are not directed otherwise.  Setting the User Date will help assure that all transactions are entered using the correct date, and that all reports and inquiry windows default to the correct dates.  If your reports or inquiries contain no data, check the date on the entry window.  It could be that the date has defaulted to the current year's date.  All projects in Computerized Managerial Accounting should be completed using a 2001 User Date.

Getting Locked Out of Dynamics - See page 2-2.

Backups and Lost Data - See page 2-12 to 2-14.

Missing General Journal Entries/Posting - For these projects, Dynamics is configured so that items are not automatically posted from the subsidiary ledgers to the general ledger.  Instead, you must go to Transactions>Financial>Series Posting, to post transactions.  Missing general journal entries are often caused by failure to post.  Always check to be certain that you posted the transactions if you find that something is missing

All assignments should be stapled with a cover sheet showing your name, your BroncoID, and your Section Number and Course number. The section Number for this course is not necessarily the same Section Number for the ACC 208 course.  It is a good practice to put your name on each page of your assignment.  Completed assignments shout be submitted to the Accounting Department Office at 94-252 before 5:00 pm on the due date

I am available during my office hours and/or Email.