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Management Accounting

Undergraduate | USA-ACG24 | 2019

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Discover the key part management accounting plays in the organisational planning and decision-making process.

Calculate product costs using different techniques. Produce financial analysis documents. Manage pricing, product mixes and working capital.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
Subject may require attendance
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

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Management Accounting

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. Explain the roles of management accounting in planning, control and decision-making.
    2. Explain the differences between the various costing systems used by organisations for control, planning and decision-making and be able to calculate product costs using conventional and contemporary approaches to costing.
    3. Identify the information needs of and produce financial analyses and reports to support management analysis of and decisions on costing, cost estimation, pricing, profitability analysis, product mix, working capital and outsourcing.
    4. Develop budgets and long-term financial plans.
    5. Evaluate types of organisational structures including concepts for responsibility accounting, authority delegation and control.

Entry requirements

Prior study

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

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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