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LDMF 595: Decision Making Using Financial Information is a four-week course designed to enhance the financial business skills of leaders, managers, and working professionals. This course deals with financial management and the use of financial information for decision making. This course covers topics including financial statements and their elements, tools for financial statement analysis, calculation of interest, accounting for inventory, cost characteristics, contribution margin, cost/volume/product relationships, and break-even analysis. The course will also cover the conversion of measures from imperial to metric measurements.

Required Readings

Lesson 1

Reading 1: Dauderis, H., & Annand, D. (2014). Chapter 1: Introduction to financial accounting. In H. Dauderis & D. Annand, Introduction to financial accounting (2nd ed.).[OER]. Valley Educational Services.
Reading 2: Dauderis, H., & Annand, D. (2014). Chapter 4: The classified balance sheet and related disclosures. In H. Dauderis & D. Annand, Introduction to financial accounting (2nd ed.). [OER]. Valley Educational Services.
Reading 3: Dauderis, H., & Annand, D.(2014). Chapter 5: Accounting for the sale of goods. In H. Dauderis & D. Annand, Introduction to financial accounting (2nd ed.). [OER]. Valley Educational Services.
Reading 4: Dauderis, H., & Annand, D. (2014). Chapter 14: The statement of cash flows. In H. Dauderis & D. Annand, Introduction to financial accounting (2nd ed.). [OER]. Valley Educational Services.
Discussion Reading 1: High Liner Foods. (2020). Annual report 2020. High Liner Foods Inc. [Annual Report]. https://www.highlinerfoods.com/sites/default/files/2022-01/High_Liner_2020_Annual_Report-FINAL.pdf
Discussion Reading 2: High Liner Foods. (2021). Reimagining seafood to nourish life: Annual report 2021. High Liner Foods Inc. [Annual Report]. https://ar2021.highlinerfoods.com/downloads/HLF_2021_AR.pdf

Lesson 2

Reading 5: Dauderis, H., & Annand, D. (2014). Chapter 13: Financial statement analysis. In H. Dauderis & D. Annand, Introduction to financial accounting (2nd ed.). [OER]. Valley Educational Services.
Discussion Reading 3: Howe, Z. (2018, June 30). Edmonton boat dealer braces for impact as trade war between US and Canada heats up. CTV News. https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/edmonton-boat-dealer-braces-for-impact-as-trade-war-between-u-s-and-canada-heats-up-1.3996007

Lesson 3

Reading 6: Dauderis, H., & Annand, D. (2014). Chapter 6: Assigning costs to merchandise. In H. Dauderis & D. Annand, Introduction to financial accounting (2nd ed.). [OER]. Valley Educational Services.
Reading 7: Heisinger, K., & Hoyle, J. (2012). Chapter 1: What is managerial accounting? In K. Heisinger & J. Hoyle, Managerial accounting. [OER]. Open Textbook Library.
Reading 8: Heisinger, K., & Hoyle, J. (2012). Chapter 5: How do organizations identify cost behavior patterns? In K. Heisinger & J. Hoyle, Managerial accounting. [OER]. Open Textbook Library.
Discussion Reading 4: Vlasic, B. (2015, January 29). Ford turns away from making cars to focus on trucks and SUVs. CBC.ca. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ford-earnings-1.4636271

Lesson 4

Reading 9: Heisinger, K., & Hoyle, J. (2012). Chapter 5: How do organizations identify cost behavior patterns? In K. Heisinger & J. Hoyle, Managerial accounting. [OER]. Open Textbook Library.
Reading 10: Heisinger, K., & Hoyle, J. (2012). Chapter 6: How is cost-volume-profit analysis used for decision making? In K. Heisinger & J. Hoyle, Managerial accounting. [OER]. Open Textbook Library.
Discussion Reading 5: Cameron, G. (2015, February 16). Archangels backs Bloxx, PowerPhotonic and Administrate with new funding. Herald Scotland. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/archangels-backs-bloxx-powerphotonic-and-administrate-with-new-funding.118471152?utm_source=www.heraldscotland.com&utm_medium=RSS%20Feed&utm_campaign=Scottish%20Business%20News
Assignment: Anderson, H. (2012, January 12). Why did Kodak, Motorola, and Nortel fail? InformationWeek. https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/why-did-kodak-motorola-and-nortel-fail-