Welcome to the Course Page for
Acct 486  - Accounting for Management Decision Making and Control

at the University of Idaho

Catalog Description:
Acct J486/J586 Accounting for Management Decision Making and Control (3 cr)
Synthesis of managerial accounting skills and knowledge through study of current managerial accounting topics beyond those offered in Acct 310 - Acct 311. Additional class meetings, projects, and/or assignments required for graduate credit. May include evening exams.  Prereq: Acct 311

This course is currently taught by Teresa Gordon.  Scroll down for a short bio.

Contact Information

Telephone                                                FAX  

     208-885-8960 (office)                         208-885-6296

 

Postal address
    Teresa P Gordon
    University of Idaho
    875 Campus Drive
    J A Albertson Building, Room 118
    P O BOX 443161
    Moscow, Idaho 83844-3161

Teresa P. Gordon, CPA is a professor of accounting at the University of Idaho.   She received her doctorate from the University of Houston in 1986.  Her primary research interests center around the uses of accounting information in the decision making of nonprofit and governmental organizations and their donors.  Her research in this area has appeared in numerous journals including Accounting Horizons, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Journal of Accounting Literature, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Financial Accountability and Management, Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Research in Government and Nonprofit Accounting, Government Accountants Journal, International Journal of Public Administration, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Voluntas, and Philanthropy Monthly.  She currently serves on the National Association of College and Business Officers' (NACUBO) Accounting Principles Council.  She chaired the AAA Government and Nonprofit section's committee on performance measurement for nonprofit entities.  She has worked with a number of human service organizations and has served on the board of directors of a local United Way.  She is a member of the  Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Accounting Association, and the Institute of Management Accountants. 

To find out more about me, you can check out my home page:

http://www.cbe.uidaho.edu/tgordon