Financial Statement Analysis typically represents the transition point between the study of Financial Accounting, which presents an external view into the organization, and the dive into the internal focus of Managerial/Management Accounting. After a few days in Chapter 12, I suspect you are seeing that change of direction with the topics of cost behavior, cost classifications, contribution margin and that type of an income statement, cost-volume-profit analysis, break-even analysis, and operating leverage.

Please reflect on that difference shifting from a financial to managerial focus and discuss examples of any of these tools presented in Chapter 12 that you may have experienced in organizations that you have worked for, provide any highlights of the effectiveness, or if you cant identify anything from experience, please suggest how you see any potential opportunities for use.