ACCT332-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017

Advanced Management Accounting

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 October 2017

Description

Develops advanced understanding of the application of management accounting to complex problems. Explores issues in strategic management, costing systems, control systems and performance management. Builds communication, critical thinking and managerial skills.

ACCT332 aims to provide students with an advanced understanding of the application of management accounting to complex problems; and issues in strategic management, costing systems, control systems and performance management. It also aims to build students’ communication, critical thinking and managerial skills.  The case study method is utilised to develop students understanding of management accounting and their generic skills.  The topics covered in ACCT332 includes: Strategy; Organisational structure and transfer pricing; Planning and management control; Performance measurement and compensation; Value chain issues for suppliers, customers and competitors; Advanced costing issues; and The role and destiny of the management accountant.

Learning Outcomes

Having engaged in learning during the course, students will be able to demonstrate an understanding (e.g. explain, discuss, apply and, where appropriate, evaluate) of recent developments in management accounting theory and practice, including:
     (i) Strategy and strategic management
     (ii) Performance measurement and compensation
     (iii) The value-chain and strategic management accounting
     (iv) Advanced costing techniques and cost management

Students will also be able to ommunicate orally and in writing, think critically and solve problems analytically.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ACIS332, AFIS332, AFIS322, AFIS522

Course Coordinator

Neil Crombie

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 45%
Tutorial Participation 10%
Student Case Presentation 15%
Test 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Brooks, Albie. , Eldenburg, Leslie; Management accounting ; 2nd ed; John Wiley & Sons, 2011 (This text or the earlier edition was your ACCT222 textbook. It provides essential technical support for many of the problems and cases assigned. It is available from the Central Library).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $775.00

International fee $3,188.00

* 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 ACCT332 Occurrences

  • ACCT332-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017
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