GS
5.0Reviewed Mar 3, 2021
The whole course goes straight to the point of understanding how a company works and the lessons can be related to your context if you want to run your own business.
Fundamentals of financial and management accounting
This is an introductory course on financial and management accounting. The first part of this course will introduce the basic accounting principles and accounting terminology to understand how a company keeps control of financial events and provides information on how it is performing. These basic concepts will support the analysis of financial reports companies prepare. We will go through balance sheet, income statement, financial statement, learning how to read and analyze them. The course will also provide the basis of management accounting introducing some techniques (e.g. break- even analysis or NPV) to support managers in making short-term and long-term decisions, such as "Is it convenient to dispose a production machine and buy a new one?" or "How many products should the company sell in order to break-even?" The course will bring examples and case studies that will help students better understand the practical applications of the basic accounting principles and techniques. At the end of the course, students will be able to read, understand and analyze financial documents and to apply simple techniques to analyse costs and evaluate capital investment decisions.
Status: Financial Statement Analysis
Status: Accounting
BeginnerCourse12 hours
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GA
5.0Reviewed Feb 10, 2021
Great experience! Concepts were explained in simple terms. Exercises and tests allows one to put the concepts in to practical situations
AA
5.0Reviewed Jan 24, 2021
This course has really helped to to better my understanding of basic accounting principles. Thanks to Politecnico and my instructor, Deborah Agostino.
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AM
4.0Reviewed Aug 16, 2022
The lectures were good but the quizes were too easy , if somehow the questions can be revised i would give it 5 stars.
KR
5.0Reviewed Aug 10, 2020
Most useful and effective course. thanks, Coursera for providing such a useful course ...
US
5.0Reviewed Dec 20, 2022
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5.0Reviewed May 10, 2023
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5.0Reviewed Aug 6, 2025
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5.0Reviewed Sep 27, 2020
It's easy to understand the topic in financial and management accounting. The lecture are well explained and easy to follow