ACCT332-16S2 (C) Semester Two 2016

Advanced Management Accounting

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2016
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2016

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

At a minimum, graduates are expected to be able to:
1.  Explain the role and purpose of management accounting
2.  Demonstrate an understanding of the budgeting process and its role in the management of organisations
3.  Prepare budgets and forecasts for management purposes
4.  Use costing information for business planning and control
5.  Apply the principles and procedures involved in managing working capital
6.  Evaluate the performance of an organisation
7.  Prepare reports to support management decision making
8.  Describe types of organisational structures including concepts for authority delegation and control.

Prerequisites

(1) ACCT222 or ACIS222; and (2) ACCT103 or ACIS103

Restrictions

ACIS332, AFIS332, AFIS322, AFIS522

Course Coordinator

Neil Crombie

Lecturer

Beverley Lord

Assessment

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

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).

Course links

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $759.00

International fee $3,125.00

* 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 .

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