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Gunther Friedl, Marcus Witter, Peter Schaefer, and Eline Schoonjans

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Many corporate decisions need cost accounting information. When you know the costs of your products, you will make better pricing decisions and you can better choose which products to offer. When you know the costs of your departments, you can better detect inefficiencies and you can better incentivize your employees.

In this Specialization, you will learn the fundamentals of cost accounting. Three courses cover the basics of cost accounting. We will start with an introduction to product costing. How can you figure out the costs of your individual products? Next, we will discuss how to connect cost information with revenue information to calculate profits and profitability. Finally, we focus on how to use the information provided by cost accounting systems to optimize your business decisions.

We have created the courses of this Specialization for interdisciplinary young professionals seeking to develop cost accounting skills. At the same time, the courses can help students in management and business administration to repeat the content of their introductory cost accounting course.

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Three courses

Basics of Cost Accounting: Product Costing

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The core of this course is to learn how companies record total costs and calculate unit costs for their individual products or services. For example, how can a car manufacturer figure out the costs of an individual car series?

Cost Accounting: Profit and Loss Calculation

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Companies need to know the costs of different products and whether they gain a profit or realize a loss. We explain how companies use cost information to calculate their profit and assess their profitability.

Cost Accounting: Decision Making

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In the third course, you will learn how to use cost accounting information to enhance managerial decision-making. We will explore business decisions and demonstrate how cost information can optimally support them.

Learning objectives

  • How to allocate the costs incurred to the company's products and the most important methods product costing.
  • How companies use cost information to calculate their profit or loss and assess their profitability.
  • How to use information from cost accounting to improve managerial decision-making.

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