Consider the Descriptors That Follow

question 4

Essay

Consider the descriptors that follow.
1. Is heavily involved with the recordkeeping and reporting of assets, liabilities, and stockholders' equity.
2. Focuses on planning, decision making, directing, and control.
3. Is heavily regulated.
4. A field that is becoming more "cross-functional" in nature.
5. Much of the field is based on costs and benefits.
6. Is involved almost exclusively with past transactions and events.
7. Much of the information provided is directed toward stockholders, financial analysts, creditors, and other external parties.
8. Tends to focus more on subunits within an entity rather than the organization as a whole.
9. May become involved with measures of customer satisfaction, and the amount of actual cost incurred vs. budgeted targets.
Required:
Determine whether the descriptors are most closely associated with financial accounting or managerial accounting.

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Definitions:

Consolidated Bonds Payable

The total amount of bonds owed by both a parent company and its subsidiaries as presented in consolidated financial statements.

Proposal

A plan or suggestion put forward for consideration or discussion, especially in a business or formal context.

Coattail Provision

A feature in shareholders' agreements that obliges minority shareholders to join in the sale of a company if the majority shareholders agree to sell their shares.

Restricted Shares

Shares of stock that are granted to an employee but come with restrictions on sale and transfer until certain conditions are met.