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An internal accounting system designed to support the information needs of managers. It is not bound by the gaap (generally accepted. There are 3 objectives to managerial accounting: to provide information for planning the organization"s actions; to provide information for controlling an organization"s actions and to provide information for making effective decisions. Explain the differences between managerial accounting and financial accounting. Financial accounting focuses on the external users; must follow gaap; provides objective and verifiable financial information; reports on events that have already happened; focuses on overall firm performance (more aggregated viewpoint) and is self-contained. Identify and explain the current focus of managerial accounting. Activity-based management is a major innovative response to the demand for more accurate and relevant managerial accounting. It supports management focus on customer value, total quality management, and time-based consumption. Information about value-chain activities and customer sacrifice (such as post-purchase costs) is collected and made available. information.

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