2008/04/28 ( Monday )

AC040: Business Processes in Management Accounting

Unit 2: Organization of Management Accounting
Lesson: Organizational Units Used in Accounting

Unit Overview

This unit discusses the organizational units and structures used in Management
Accounting. It also covers the basic data used for overhead management
accounting. This information is important when setting up Management
Accounting for your company.

Unit Objectives
After completing this unit, you will be able to:

• • Identify the basic organizational units that are relevant to Management Accounting
•  Explain the relationships between Management Accounting organizational units and other SAP system organizational units
•  List the master data used in Cost and Revenue Accounting and explain the purpose
• List the master data used in Overhead Cost Controlling and explain the purpose
•  List ways in which groups of master data can be used

Lesson Overview

This lesson introduces the various SAP organizational units, such as client,
company code, and controlling area, and describes the relationships between them.
Knowledge of these organizational units is important for working with SAP R/3
and for creating and maintaining master data. This lesson takes a closer look at the
organizational units used in Management Accounting.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• •Identify the basic organizational units that are relevant to Management Accounting
• Explain the relationships between Management Accounting organizational units and other SAP system organizational units