Abrams Company
How Can It Help Your Company?@ Management Accounting (Nov. 1997), pp. 52-58. [S]
PPT Notes in Course Packet
Case: Quality Metal Service Center (Case 6-3 in A&G)
Holiday: Monday, May 27, 2002
IV. BUDGETS, VALUE-CHAIN ANALYSIS, AND STRATEGY
Session 17: Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Topic: Budgets and Behavior
Read: "Budget Preparation" (Ch. 8 in A&G)
Case: Sound Dynamics, Inc. (Case 8-1 in A&G)
Session 18: Monday, June 3, 2002
Topic: Cost and the Value Chain
Read: “Note on Value Chain Analysis for Use with DairyPak Case@ by John K Shank [S]
Case: DairyPak (Case 7-3 in A&G)
Session 19: Wednesday, June 5, 2002
Topic: Strategy and Control
Read: "Strategic Planning" (Ch. 7 in A&G)
“What is Strategy” by Michael E. Porter (Harvard Business Review, Nov.-Dec. 1996, pp. 61-78) [S]
Case: Copley Manufacturing Company (Case 7-2 in A&G)