This Unit is designed to enable candidates to develop their knowledge and understanding in the preparation and use of accounting information within a business organization.Candidates will develop the skills required to prepare basic financial and management accounting reportsand, in addition, will also develop the skills, knowledge and understanding toenable them to interpret and use financial information for decisionmaking.
Accounting is generally split into two different areas: Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. This unit covers an introduction to both of these areas. But the emphasis is on financial accounting.
Financial accounting is the area of accounting which concentrates on recording the actual information from the day to day transactions which take place in the normal running of business. This area concentrates on recording what has happened in the past.
Management Accounting is largely used by management to make decisions on a day to day basis and istypically more detailed in natural. It is often prepared much more regularlythan financial accounting data and is for internal use, whereas the information presented in the financial statement is more often used by those outside of business to help them to understand thebusiness. It is primarily useful future decision making.