Cost Volume Profit Analysis (CVP) – Managerial Accounting (Udemy.com)
Strategic Profit Management: In-depth Exploration of Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis in Managerial Accounting
Created by: Robert (Bob) Steele
Last updated August 2020
What you will learn
- Define key principles of managerial and cost accounting to solidify foundational knowledge.
- Demonstrate construction and use of a Contribution Margin Income Statement.
- Classify business costs into fixed, variable, and mixed categories.
- Calculate the break-even point in units and revenue for effective planning.
- Forecast future business performance using CVP analysis techniques.
- Adapt CVP analysis to scenarios with multiple inventory products.
- Explain operating leverage, compute it, and discuss its implications.
- Evaluate assumptions underpinning CVP analysis and recognize its limitations.
- Apply learned concepts to solve comprehensive Excel-based problems.
- Assess the impact of changes in cost and volume on profit, using CVP analysis tools.
- Formulate strategies to optimize profitability using the results of CVP analysis.
How it compares
Against the other 459 rated Udemy courses in Office Productivity on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 10% of them
- Reviews305#275 of 460 by number of reviews
- Length22.2 hourslonger than 93% of them
- Last updatedAugust 2020earlier than 84% of them
Course Description
Unlock the power of managerial and cost accounting with our comprehensive Udemy course. This course dives deep into the crucial managerial accounting concept of cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis, a dynamic tool that helps businesses determine how changes in costs and volumes affect their profits.
We kick off the course with a robust introduction to managerial accounting and cost accounting, clearly outlining their differences. The central tool for our exploration will be the Contribution Margin Income Statement, providing a roadmap as we delve into each component of CVP analysis.
Intricate concepts such as mixed costs are broken down, discussing their implications, and how to handle them effectively using methods like the high-low method and scatter diagram method.
Grasp the fundamental concept of break-even point in both units and revenue, building a strong foundation for subsequent topics in cost-volume-profit analysis. Forecasting becomes less daunting as we illuminate how CVP analysis can be leveraged for accurate projections and informed decision-making.
For businesses with multiple inventory products, we elucidate techniques to apply CVP analysis effectively, ensuring a wide application of the knowledge acquired.
Further, we navigate the concept of operating leverage - understanding its calculation and usefulness in business operations. We openly discuss the assumptions that underlie CVP analysis and address its potential limitations, ensuring you have a well-rounded understanding of its application in real-world scenarios.
The course features a comprehensive problem worked out using Excel, with step-by-step instructional videos to ensure you can follow along and fully grasp the application of the concepts learned.
With numerous Excel worksheets to assist your learning, you'll be able to practice and consolidate your understanding at every stage. Worksheets typically include three tabs - one with the completed problem, another with a preformatted worksheet to fill in, and a blank worksheet, enabling you to build your own tables from scratch if desired.
Whether you're an aspiring accountant, a business owner, a financial professional or a student, this course will arm you with the skills to navigate and apply cost-volume-profit analysis, and take your understanding of managerial and cost accounting to new heights.
Instructor Details
- 4.2 Rating
305 Reviews
Robert (Bob) Steele
Through working with students from many different schools, Mr. Steele has learned best practices for helping people understand accounting fast. Learning new skills and finding the best way to share knowledge with people who can benefit from it is a passion of his.
Mr. Steele has experience working as a practicing Certified Public Accountant (CPA), an accounting and business instructor, and curriculum developer. He has enjoyed putting together quality tools to improve learning and has been teaching, making instructional resources, and building curriculum since 2009. He has been a practicing CPA since 2005. Mr. Steele is a practicing CPA, has a Certified Post-Secondary Instructor (CPI) credential, a Master of Science in taxation from Golden Gate University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics with an emphasis in accounting from The University of California Santa Barbara, and a Global Management Accounting Designation (CGMA) from The American Institute of CPA (AICPA).
Mr. Steele has also authored five books that can be found on Amazon or in audiobook format on Audible. He has developed bestselling courses in accounting topics including financial accounting and QuickBooks accounting software.
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Reviews
By Animashaun Sulaimon Omogbolahan on 8/25/2025
It was good .but there is need for it to be related and taught with more real-life scenarios .
By CEE Huinder on 12/2/2024
Nice, very complete course. Theory and practice are very good combined! After this course you really have a better knowledge to CVP problems. Thing to improve: this course is too extensive. Doing the course can be more efficient of there were less repetitions.
By Marco Bernacchi on 10/15/2022
Il corso in questione sta approfondendo efficacemente le mie competenze sull'argomento trattato.
By Md. Noor Nabi on 9/5/2022
This is the good course for a professional.
By Kathleen Kendrick on 5/3/2022
I really appreciate Bob's teaching approach - I would highly recommend this course to anyone
By Maria Akpoduado on 2/10/2022
Awesome course. The facilitator is brilliant and he makes it so clear and understandable.
By Sehat Tanti on 11/4/2021
Easy to understand and the flow is clear.
By Aung Lin on 12/24/2020
Yeah! All courses are useful for me in future development and analysis skill.
By Utkarsh on 7/27/2020
It is a good course nut slightly complicated .
By Ahmedabdelraouf on 3/29/2020
its was interesting
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