Management Accounting

• Topics

  • Management Accounting in Context and Costing Terms
  • Inventory costing and Cost Behaviours
  • Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
  • Product and service costing - Job Costing
  • Product and service costing - Process Costing
  • Activity based costing and activity based management
  • Decision marking and relevant information and Working Capital
  • Pricing Decisions and Customer Profitability Analysis
  • Master budget and responsibility accounting (Cash Budgets)

• Study resources

  • Instructional Methods

    • Discussion forum/Discussion Board
    • Online assignment submission

  • Online Materials

    • Resources and Links
    • Printable format materials

Entry Requirements

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

USA-ACG11-Accounting for Business

Special requirements

No special requirements

To provide students with an overview of how management accounting information plays a critical role in organisational planning, controlling, decision-making and learning and to equip students with the conceptual and practical understanding necessary to use and interpret management accounting information.

• Continuous Assessment (25%)
• Essay 1200 words (25%)
• Invigilated Exam - 2 hours (50%)

Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a subject.