Adjunct Faculty - MBA515 Accounting for Management Decisions

Appointments are made on a term-by-term basis. Adjunct faculty are required to successfully complete an online Canvas LMS orientation course before being scheduled, as well as other training if required by the department. This is an on-site blended/hybrid course, students attend class in person 60% of the time and complete the remaining 40% online through Park’s Canvas Learning Management System.  Local applicants only please.
 
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Minimum Qualifications

PhD in the appropriate discipline(s) and extensive graduate work in Accounting and Finance is required. A minimal of 5 years teaching experience or post-secondary teaching experience preferred. Resume must be submitted in ACBSP format. 

This adjunct position is needed for the Fall 2 2025 term and will be scheduled one evening per week on campus.

Course Description

This course emphasizes the use of accounting data and analytical techniques employed by management for decision-making in for-profit and not-for-profit businesses and governmental organizations. Students will study, evaluate and apply analytical techniques as part of the broader management accounting process used to analyze, evaluate and convey their recommendations concerning economic events related to management decisions. Areas covered include: cash flow analysis, financial statement analysis, ratio analysis, variable costing, product costing, cost prediction, cost-volume-profit considerations, operational budgeting, variance analysis, return on investment and capital budgeting decisions. The course uses discussion, problems, accounting case studies and a term project to evaluate the student’s comprehension of the material.