Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making
offered by LSE

Public University
1 Campus
Estd. 1900

Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making
at
LSE
Overview

Develop a financial and managerial accounting toolkit to inform business decision-making and enhance organisational performance

Duration	8 weeks
Total fee	₹2.24 Lakh
Mode of learning	Online
Course Level	UG Certificate

Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making
at
LSE
Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from The London School of Economics and Political Science

Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making
at
LSE
Course details

Skills you will learn

Budgeting Accounting

Who should do this course?

For New or aspiring managers seeking to expand their financial knowledge
For Business owners and entrepreneurs who need a grounding in accounting to better guide the trajectory of their organisations
For Non-business management professionals looking to improve their skills

What are the course deliverables?

Gain a practical understanding of fundamental financial and managerial accounting concepts and principles to enhance business decision-making
Develop your ability to analyse income statements and balance sheets using ratio analysis, and learn how to communicate the results effectively to stakeholders
Explore insights into the costs, efficiencies, and profits of a company, and discover how to create a sustainable culture of improved performance
Enhance your capacity to delegate management control and decision-making authority, fostering responsibility and accountability within your team

More about this course

The Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making online certificate course will equip you with the financial and managerial accounting skills you need to make better business and investment decisions, and enhance your organisation's performance
Explore the building blocks of financial reporting, gain an ability to interpret income statements and balance sheets, and discover how to clearly communicate the results to business stakeholders
Explore how to evaluate costs, efficiencies, and profits to create a sustainable culture of improvement, and learn to precisely set budgets and targets that fit your organisation's risk profile
Learn how to create incentive, monitoring, and feedback systems that inform decision makers and drive results

Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making
at
LSE
Curriculum

Module 1

The building blocks of financial reporting

Module 2

Financial performance assessment: The income statement

Module 3

Financial position and capital structure: The balance sheet

Module 4

Financial statement analysis

Module 5

Management accounting concepts and principles

Module 6

Delegation and control

Module 7

Measuring and incentivising profitability

Module 8

Incentives, monitoring, and feedback to drive results

Accounting for Investment and Managerial Decision-Making
at
LSE
Faculty details

Dr Kenneth Lee, Associate Professorial Lecturer, Accounting

Kenneth lectures on financial analysis and equity valuation at LSE. Before his career in academia, he was a managing director and head of European Equity Research at Barclays Capital, and a managing director and ranked accounting and valuation analyst at Citi Investment Research in London. During this time, Kenneth published extensively on accounting and valuation topics for investors, and was ranked in the top three in the Institutional Investor Survey for more than 10 years in a row.

Dr Henry Eyring, Assistant Professor of Accounting

Henry lectures on cost and management accounting systems, as well as management control systems at LSE. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration in accounting and management from Harvard Business School, and a BSc in economics and mathematics from Brigham Young University in Idaho. Henry’s research interests lie in incentive systems, cost management, and the economic effects of disclosure in the public and private sectors.