Submit a paper on one of the major topics listed below and incorporate at least two other related articles of your choice:

• How does the firm use Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis to assess performance? How would you use such a system to measure how costs change as production changes? How do you develop a break even analysis for a given firm and how would you use it?
• What is Activity Based Costing and how does it work? What does it do for a firm employing such a system? How do you go about developing such a system in a firm? What are the steps? What would an example look like?
• Why is cost accounting so important to the success of the firm? What are the various methods of cost accounting and how are they used?
• How does an operating budget work to discipline a firms management? What are the elements of a budget? How are budgets constructed? What is Variance Analysis and how is it used?

The purpose of the Final Project Paper is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of accounting. The paper must (a) identify the main issues in the chosen area, (b) contain and reference new learning that has occurred, (c) build upon class activities or incidents that facilitated learning and understanding, and (d) present specific current and/or future applications and relevance to the typical workplace. The Final Paper should also focus on real life, real time application of topics covered in this course; the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision. The paper must be submitted to your instructor no later than 11:59 pm of the time zone in which you reside on the last day of class.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

• Must be eight- to ten- double-spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.
• Must include a cover page that includes:
  • Students name
  • Course name and number
  • Title of paper
  • Instructors name
  • Date submitted
• Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
• Must use at least 5 scholarly resources, including a minimum of 2 from the Ashford Online Library.
• Must use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide to document all sources.
• Must include, on the final page, a Reference Page that is completed according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.