Decision-Making Project Introduction (Not an essay question)

Preparing for accounting careers can be a challenging task. Clearly, it is an ongoing process that takes considerable time and strategic action. It changes as new opportunities are presented. You should be aware that pursuing a career is an evolutionary process. You might choose to pursue career paths or detours for your own unique situation. This Decision-Making Project should document part of your career journey. For this project, you will be researching and evaluating your career path and preparing a presentation to share with the class emphasizing the benefits of improved decision making for the management of an organization.

Directions

1. Researchyour possible career path in managerial accounting.
2. Preparea PPTwith no more than 10 slides highlighting the benefits of improved decision making with study in the Management Accounting area.
   1. Attempttoidentifyspecificsthatshouldbeconsideredasyoumakecostmanagementdecisionsfororganizations.
   4. Online Articles:
      1. What Do Management Accounts Do?
      2. IMA Entry Level Positions
   5. Videos:
      1. How to be an effective cost manager(Links to an external site.)
      2. http://www.cimaglobal.com/About-us/The-Global-Management-Accounting-Principles/(Links to an external site.)
      3. (Links to an external site.)http://www.cimaglobal.com/Thought-leadership/Webcasts/
      4. http://www.cgma.org/Resources/Videos/Pages/Bloomberg.aspx
      5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFTV8FhyDY(Links to an external site.)
   6. Readings:
      1. http://www.cimaglobal.com/CIMA-in-business/What-is-management-accounting/(Links to an external site.)
      2. http://m.accountingweb.com/article/expert-says-specialization-only-option-cpas/223715(Links to an external site.)
   7. Webinar 9.4.2014 IMA and 11.3.2014
      1. https://imanet.webex.com/imanet/lsr.php?RCID=19c4d79ab4cf493ab9334d93d8fb99b(Links to an external site.)
      2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDAIRUX_KrY(Links to an external site.)
   8. Becoming a CMA:1. Read theCMA Handbookfor information on the 1.2015 CMA Exam.2. Consider a student membership in the IMA at 1-800-638-4427.
   9. Becoming a CGMA:
   10. Become knowledgeable about your Career Plans. You should develop a Career Plan and Path. Park University has information on the website as follows:
       1. Careers in accounting can be found athttp://www.park.edu/academics/academic-programs/undergraduate-programs/accounting/index.html
       2. Career Services at Park University has information about resume and interview preparation and the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), etc. athttp://www.park.edu/career-development-center
   11. RollingForecastshttp://cgmamagazine.podomatic.com/entry/2014-12-08T12_07_50-08_00(Linkstoanexternalsite.)

*Must be able to pass on turnit.com*