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Alverno College Management Accounting Major
MGA475 - Going Public Accounting Issues

Course Description

This course is the fourth in a series of four integrated accounting courses that you will complete as part of your management accounting major. These courses are designed in response to a set of questions that define the business environment/context issues and discipline expertise needed by a professional accountant to be an effective part of the management team at a particular stage of the business's growth and development.

These questions are:

• What are the business/management issues facing the organization at this stage of its development?
• What business strategies are unique to this stage of organizational development and how they impact decision-making?
• How does the global marketplace affect the organization at this point in time?
• What ethical/valuing issues face the organization at this stage of development?
• What accounting information is needed to support and/or influence decision making and strategy?
• How do traditional and contemporary/emerging accounting approaches support and/or influence decision-making?
• How can technology support information needs?

To respond to these questions in this course, you will use your critical thinking, problem solving and valuing abilities. As the business considers going public, you will will critically examine the accounting, managerial, and social implications of this action. You will address complex accounting and reporting issues by integrating your accounting knowledge with your citizenship abilities in an ever-widening circle of key stakeholders.