In Your Own Words: Why Managers should Learn the Basics of Cost As seen, this course is a managerial accounting course. From chapter 18 reading, the course is designed to instruct managers on how to employ effective decision making for a specific area in an enterprise that manufactures. Chapter 18 also introduces basic terminology and concepts that are used in manufacturing firms nationwide. Since this course is designed for the manager, why do feel that so much time is spend on presenting basic concepts? Feel free to challenge the aforementioned question in your response. After posting, respond to two other students for full points, Remember to use complete sentences when responding