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ACC 685Performance Management

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Accounting

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course covers advanced performance management topics including strategy development and implementation, the design and use of performance metrics, goal setting and incentive programs, risk management, and management accounting decision analyses using customized, real-world cases.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
SEM 00133050 / 50W 17:30–20:20

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  • If you think AFM433 is bs, then you DO NOT take this course! This is by far the most bs course I've ever taken in SAF, especially with Zamal teaching it. ACC685 is CPA elective and is supposed to be a much enhanced version of ACC680, yet Zamal only focuses on the strategy part and nothing on cost or quants and the course is entirely full of bs. A simple strategy case that could have been taught in 1 lecture is split into 3 full classes, you literally learn nothing. The cases are outdated, long, and made no sense (because it was not written for CPA purposes, but for MBA Harvard/Ivey)
    Zamal is actually very lazy and he makes no effort in updating course material and claims that nothing has…

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10 posts and comments in 6 threads mention ACC 685, September 2016 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2023

Winter 2022

MAcc Courses 10 points, 13 comments

u/themossywangs: “… I'm debating between ACC 607 (Tax Integration) and ACC 685 (Performance Management). From what I've heard and read online, Tax is the hardest course you can take but prepares you best for the CFE and both Julie and Dan are good profs. …”

u/FunGuy11222: “Did you end up taking ACC 607 or ACC 685 (in the same boat)?”

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Winter 2020

ACC 611gate 53 points, 23 comments

“If you know you know UPDATE: PIAZZA thread is deleted🤦‍♂️”

u/pwcunt: “… Take ACC685, Zamal always uses the past midterm/final and if I had the exams from prior year my grade would have been 10% higher. And there are tons of undergrad courses (and not just SAF either) that uses past exams. Does that make it acceptable? No. …”

u/BronzeWarrior15: “… (I think you might have been in my year, haha...) Didn’t realize that about ACC 685 until now, that’s for sure. For those about to enter into the next semester of MAcc: I think that’s an excellent point regarding the ‘bigger picture’. …”

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Fall 2017

PSA: UWCourseLinker back up, disabled by default, call with [[course code]] 39 points, 31 comments

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u/UWCourseLinker: “… 683 - Emerging Issues in Management and Marketing ACC 684 - Strategy and Business Models ACC 685 - Performance Management ACC 690 - Topics in Accounting ACC 701 - Financial Accounting Research Seminar ACC 702 - Management Accounting Research Seminar ACC 750 - Auditing Research …”

u/RayDWatson: “… [[ACC650]] [[ACC652]] [[ACC662]] [[ACC680]] [[ACC681]] [[ACC682]] [[ACC683]] [[ACC684]] [[ACC685]] [[ACC690]] [[ACC701]] [[ACC702]] [[ACC750]] [[ACC760]] [[ACC770]] [[ACC771]] [[ACC772]] [[ACC781]] [[ACC782]] [[ACC784]] [[ACC800]] [[ACINTY600]] [[ACINTY610]] [[ACINTY620]] …”

u/UWCourseLinker: “… 683 - Emerging Issues in Management and Marketing ACC 684 - Strategy and Business Models ACC 685 - Performance Management ACC 690 - Topics in Accounting ACC 701 - Financial Accounting Research Seminar ACC 702 - Management Accounting Research Seminar ACC 750 - Auditing Research …”

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Fall 2016

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2026

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