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Accounting for Managers
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:06:35
Abstract
Overview of accounting and financial reporting; accounting for current and fixed assets, liabilities and owner’s equity; managing financial reporting; full and variable cost accounting; activity based costing; standard costs; using accounting information in making decisions.
Objective
Learn to work with accounting and accountants
Content
Financial statements, accounting concepts, accounting for property, plant and other long term assets, accounting for current assets, cost accounting, investment analysis and investment decisions.
General Information
- Language
- German
- Levels
- BSC , DS , NDS , MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- end-of-semester examination
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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| lecture | Accounting for Managers |
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (In order to be awarded credits, please register under "Pflichtwahlfach GESS"!. The language courses are offered by the ETH and University of Zurich Language Center.)
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Bachelor Programme, 5. Semester (Bachelor Thesis)
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Major in Enterprise Sciences (Programme Variant B) (At least 7 credits in the area of Finance, and 6 credits in the area of Business Administration must be obtained.)
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Compulsory Core Courses (These courses are compulsory to Msc students within the Specialization area Manufacurng and Economics, if not yet completed during the Bsc studies.)
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Optional and Recommended Core Courses (These courses are elecitve and recommended for the Specialization area Manufacturing and Economics.)
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1. Semester, Course 2006/2008 (Introduction to MAS MTEC study program, october 24th 2006, 18-20 h, HG E41)
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