Join the educators whose students see how accounting decisions shape a business
Skills for making informed business decisions grounded in managerial accounting principles
The Stukent® Managerial Accounting Simternship® puts students in the role of an accounting intern at Legendary Bakehouse, a simulated company working through real business challenges. Over seven rounds, students identify cost variances, build budgets, analyze break-even points, and make make-or-buy decisions — each one inside a connected scenario where the outcome of one round shapes the conditions of the next. Every round is graded automatically, so students get instant feedback on their analysis — and know exactly where their reasoning needs to sharpen.
The Stukent Managerial Accounting Simternship integrates seamlessly with any managerial accounting course, regardless of which textbook, edition, or publisher you rely on.
Skills for making informed business decisions grounded in managerial accounting principles
Every round puts students inside a real business scenario where the decisions they make — on costs, budgets, and operations — have visible effects on what comes next. Students leave with the ability to apply managerial accounting principles to the kind of decisions any business role requires, not just an accounting one.
Stukent’s accounting simulations have been a valuable addition to my courses at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I use the Accounting Cycle simulation in my Accounting Principles course for non-business majors and the new managerial accounting simulation in my Managerial Accounting course. Both simulations do an outstanding job of bringing the real world into the classroom, helping students make meaningful connections between textbook concepts and real-world business scenarios. Many of my students have shared that the simulations are not only engaging and educational, but also genuinely fun — something that’s not always easy to accomplish in accounting!
Brett Killion, University of Wisconsin-Madison
More than 70 years of accounting expertise, built into a course you can run from day one
The "Introduction to Managerial Accounting" courseware gives students the conceptual foundation behind everyday business decisions, cost behavior, job-order costing, activity-based costing, budgeting, variance analysis, and more. Co-authors Jim Stice and Kay Stice bring a combined 70+ years of teaching accounting at Brigham Young University, with Jim's additional experience in executive education at IBM and Ernst & Young and as a visiting professor at INSEAD. The result is a text that treats managerial accounting as a decision-making discipline, not just a set of formulas to memorize.
We always write with the student in mind, knowing that it’s going to be easier for them because of how we’ve explained the topic. Accounting done poorly is miserable; accounting done well is still hard, but at least it makes it a pleasant experience.
Dr. Jim Stice, Author and Professor Emeritus
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Every essential managerial accounting concept, organized around the decisions they inform
From cost concepts and job-order costing through budgeting, variance analysis, and non-routine decision-making, each chapter builds on the last in a sequence that mirrors how managerial accounting is used — starting with understanding costs, moving through planning and control, and ending with the decisions that put it all together. Every concept is introduced with the question it's designed to answer, so students always know why what they're learning matters.
Chapter 1: Management Accounting and Cost Concepts
Chapter 2: Cost Flows and Business Organizations
Chapter 3: Activity-Based Costing
Chapter 4: Cost Behavior and Decisions Using C-V-P Analysis
Chapter 5: Budgeting and Control
Chapter 6: Controlling Cost and Profit
Chapter 7: Inventory Management and Variable and Absorption Costing
Chapter 8: Relevant Information and Decisions
Chapter 9: Capital Investment Decisions
Chapter 10: New Measures of Performance
Chapter 11: Statement of Cash Flows
Chapter 12: Analyzing Financial Statements
Give your students a strong conceptual foundation, and give yourself a course that's ready to implement immediately.
About the authors
Kay Stice
Dr. Kay Stice is an emeritus professor of accounting at Brigham Young University. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. He’s taught at top universities around the world and won numerous awards, including the Maeser Excellence in Teaching Award at BYU, which is the university’s highest teaching honor. In his 30 years of teaching, Kay has taught thousands of students in person and millions online.
Jim Stice
Dr. Jim Stice is an emeritus professor of accounting at Brigham Young University, where he spent his career teaching, conducting research, and serving in administrative roles. He’s won numerous teaching awards, served as a visiting professor at INSEAD, and worked in executive education for companies such as IBM and Ernst & Young. Over his 30-year career, Jim has educated thousands of accounting students and professionals in person and has reached millions of learners online.
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