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Management Accounting Project

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Ouvert Clôture le décembre 15, 2025 / 1 place restante
Contact principal
Salem State University
Salem State University
Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Zlatinka Blaber
Zlatinka Blaber
Associate Professor of Accounting
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Chronologie
  • janvier 20, 2026
    Début de expérience
  • mai 8, 2026
    Fin de expérience
Expérience
1 projets souhaités
Dates fixées par le expérience
Entreprises privilégiées
N'importe où
Tout type de entreprise
N'importe qu'elle industrie

Portée de Expérience

Catégories
Comptabilité Opérations Gestion de projet Stratégie de vente
Compétences
business consulting business strategy cash flow planning data analysis research
Objectifs et capacités de apprenant.es

Does your organization have a management accounting challenge you want to tackle? In this project, student-consultants working in teams will apply their accounting skills in managerial decision-making towards a challenge in the areas of planning and controlling operations pertinent to your organization. Areas assessed might include cost terminology and behavior; break-even analysis; relevant costs; master budgeting with an emphasis on cash flow and income projection; responsibility accounting systems and variance analysis. The students will develop a report for your organization upon completion of the project.

Apprenant.es

Apprenant.es
Premier cycle universitaire
Niveau Débutant
50 apprenant.es dans le programme
Projet
15 heures par apprenant.e
Les Éducateur.trices affectent les apprenant.es à des projets
Équipes de 7
Résultats et livrables attendus

The final project deliverables might include:

A detailed written report, including students' research, analysis, insights, and recommendations

Chronologie du projet
  • janvier 20, 2026
    Début de expérience
  • mai 8, 2026
    Fin de expérience

Exemples de projets

Beginning of February 2021, students in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.

Project activities might include but are not limited to:

  • Analyzing how fixed and variable costs behave and how to use them to predict costs;
  • Computing the break-even point using the contribution margin approach and interpreting a cost-volume-profit graph;
  • Exploring activity-based costing and how it differs from a traditional costing system;
  • Computing activity cost pools;
  • Preparing all budgets used in a business with an emphasis on cash flows and income projection;
  • Assessing standard costs and calculating variances from actual costs for materials, labor and manufacturing overhead;
  • Identifying relevant and irrelevant costs and benefits in a decision situation;
  • Computing variances in direct material, direct labor, and overhead costs;
  • Preparing and interpreting statements of cash flows;
  • Preparing a written portfolio solving the managerial accounting problem of the organization.

Critères supplé mentaires pour entreprise

Les entreprises doivent répondre aux questions suivantes pour soumettre une demande de jumelage pour cette expérience:

  • Q1 - Case à cocher
    Provide an opportunity for students to submit their project outcomes and receive feedback.
  • Q2 - Case à cocher
    Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
  • Q3 - Case à cocher
    Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.