ACCT222-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013

Management Accounting

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 18 February 2013
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 19 May 2013

Description

An introduction to contemporary management accounting theory and practice. Topics include: planning and budgeting; cost management; decision-making; performance measurement and evaluation; and strategic management accounting.

Learning Outcomes

ACCT222 Management Accounting is both content and skills driven.  Thus, the objectives of the course are:
a)  To provide students with an understanding of management accounting theory and practice, including: Planning and budgeting; Revenue and cost management; Management control; Performance measurement and evaluation; and Strategic management accounting.
b)  To build the generic skills of students including:  Oral and written communication; Critical and conceptual thinking; Problem-solving; and Analytical.

Prerequisites

ACCT102 or ACIS102 or AFIS102 or AFIS188

Restrictions

ACIS222, AFIS222

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Neil Crombie

Lecturers

Trevor Nesbit and Beverley Lord

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 10%
Tutorial Participation 10%
Term Test 30%
Final Examination 50%


NZICA's Academic Requirements:
ACCT222 is an essential course for those students wishing to complete the academic requirements of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA). Also, ACCT222 is a prerequisite course for ACCT332 Advanced Management Accounting. Upon successful completion of ACCT222 and ACCT332, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of contemporary management accounting theory and practice.

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Brooks, Albie. , Eldenburg, Leslie; Management accounting ; 2nd ed; John Wiley & Sons, 2011 (This text is available for purchase from UBS (the University Bookshop) and is also available in the High Demand section of the Law Library).

Recommended Reading

Hansen, Don R. , Mowen, Maryanne M; Management accounting ; 7th ed; South-Western/Thomson Learning, 2005 (This text was the required text for AFIS222 in 2007 and is available in the High Demand section of the Law Library. While students hould not purchase this text, they will find it to be a useful guide to many of the topics covered in this course).

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $682.00

International fee $3,000.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Department of Accounting and Information Systems .

All ACCT222 Occurrences

  • ACCT222-13S1 (C) Semester One 2013
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