| Course | BUSI 601 Accounting for Decision Making (BUSI601) |
|---|---|
| Credit hours | 3 |
| Program | MBA |
| Length | 8 Module/Weeks, online |
| Weeks with written work | 6 of 8 |
| Samples on this site | 6 week sample papers |
| Sources | Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published BUSI 601 course guide |
| Updated | October 2026 |
What BUSI 601 covers
Blocher and Hicks's Accounting for Decision Making, a Liberty custom text, is read with a study guide module and a presentation each week, beginning with chapters 1 and 2 on strategy and moving through cost concepts, decision making, cost estimation, planning and control; three 50-question exams in Module/Weeks 3, 5 and 8 allow two and a half hours each.
The two Individual Learning Projects, each worth 200 points, are linked: the first analyzes and evaluates an organization, and the second explores a contemporary management technique and applies it to that same organization, both in current APA format.
This is a graduate level course in cost management with a strategic cost emphasis. The course presents an in-depth study of contemporary management techniques used by managers in a contemporary business environment. The balanced scorecard, critical success factors, and strategic analysis are emphasized and integrated with other decision making techniques in this accounting course.
BUSI 601 week by week, with the sample for each
| Week | Written work in the course guide | Points | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | DB Forum 1 Thread (Course Requirements Checklist and Class Introductions also due) | 80 | Read the Week 1 sample |
| Week 2 | DB Forum 1 Reply | 70 | Read the Week 2 sample |
| Week 3 | Exam 1 only | No written paper this week | |
| Week 4 | Individual Learning Project 1 | 200 | Read the Week 4 sample |
| Week 5 | DB Forum 2 Thread (Exam 2 also due) | 80 | Read the Week 5 sample |
| Week 6 | DB Forum 2 Reply | 70 | Read the Week 6 sample |
| Week 7 | Individual Learning Project 2 | 200 | Read the Week 7 sample |
| Week 8 | Exam 3 only | No written paper this week |
Where BUSI 601 papers lose points
BUSI 601 work loses points when a thread names a strategy without showing the operations behind it, when critical success factors are listed without measures, when cost-volume-profit numbers are presented without their assumptions, and when the second project describes a technique without applying it to the first project's organization.
Using a BUSI 601 sample well
The samples draw on research about scorecards linked to strategy, customer satisfaction as a leading indicator, incentive plans with nonfinancial measures, sticky costs and cost structure, operating leverage and risk, flexible cost structures, Costco's pay strategy and the effects and pitfalls of the balanced scorecard, with Blocher and Scripture.
BUSI 601 questions, answered
What are the BUSI 601 Individual Learning Projects?
Two linked 200-point papers: in Module/Week 4 an analysis and evaluation of an organization, and in Module/Week 7 a research paper applying a contemporary management technique to that same organization.
How long are BUSI 601 discussion posts?
Each forum thread runs 200 to 400 words and is also submitted through SafeAssign, and each reply to a classmate runs 200 to 350 words; both cite the textbook and scholarly journal articles.
What are BUSI 601 exams like?
Three open-book, open-notes exams of 50 multiple-choice and true/false questions with two and a half hours each, some computational, in Module/Weeks 3, 5 and 8.
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