ACCTING 7014 - Management Accounting (M)

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2020

The course introduces students to contemporary management accounting concepts and techniques. Topics: the role of accountants in internal decision-making; tools used to design and develop costing systems; preparation of budgets and their role as a planning and control tool; other decision-making tools including CVP analysis, pricing decisions, inventory issues and costs of quality; fraud.

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Course Details

Course Code	ACCTING 7014
Course	Management Accounting (M)
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Business School
Term	Semester 2
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	ACCTING 7019
Incompatible	COMMERCE 7021
Assessment	Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr VG Sridharan

Course coordinator and Lecturer:

Name: Associate Professor VG Sridharan
Location: Room 13.07, Nexus 13th Floor, 10, Pulteney Street
Telephone: 8313 0730
Email: vg.sridharan@adelaide.edu.au

Course Website: www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Week	Start date of the week	Topic	Reading	Tutorial Questions [will be announced shortly]
1-3		PRINCIPLES OF COST ALLOCATION
1	27 July	1. Course Introduction 2. Cost terms and purposes	Course Profile Chapters 1 and 2
2	3 August	1. What is cost allocation and why must we allocate? 2. Conventional cost allocation approaches	Chapter 15
3	10 August	1. Limitations of conventional approaches 2. Activity-based cost allocation	Chapter 15 & Chapter 5
4-7		INVENTORY COSTING SYSTEMS
4	17 August	1. Job costing 2. Process costing	Chapter 4 Chapter 17 and 18
5	24 August	1. Joint product costing 2. By-product costing	Chapter 16
6	31 August	1. Absorption costing 2. Variable costing	Chapter 9
7-9		DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
7	7 Sept	1. Cost behavior analysis 2. Cost-volume-profit analysis	Chapter 10 Chapter 3
8	13 Sept	1. Concept of relevance 2. Decision context analysis	Chapter 11
		Mid semester break 21 Sept- 4 Oct
9	5 Oct	1.Customer account profitability analysis 2. Pricing decisions	Chapter 14 Chapter 13
10-12		COST CONTROL SYSTEMS
10	12 October	1. Master budgets 2. Responsibility accounting	Chapter 6
11	19 October	1. Flexible budgets 2. Variance analysis	Chapter 7 Chapter 8
12	26 October	1. Introducing strategic cost management 2. Course review	Chapters 19 and 20
		SWOT/Exam 2 - 6 November

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Explain the three primary purposes of management accounting namely, inventory valuation, decision support and cost control.
2. Compare traditional and contemporary costing approaches for the above purposes.
3. Learn how costs are analysed for different product costing contexts such as job-order, process or joint-product systems
4. Develop and apply standards and budgets for planning and controlling purposes.
5. Apply incremental analysis to a range of business scenarios.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1-4
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	4,5
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	4,5
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	3-5
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	5
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	3,4

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Textbook:

The required textbook for this course is Horgren's Cost Accounting a Managerial Emphasis by Datar and Rajan, Pearson Publishers 16th Edition.
Students will need to purchase the text book containing the MyAccounting Lab application. Several options exist to purchase (or even rent for about 180 days) this book:

1. Print version with the My Lab Accounting electronic resource;
2. E-book with the My Lab Accounting electronic resource or
3. Just the My Lab Accounting (though this will not be the preferred option).

The only purchase/rent option at this stage is through on-line. URL information for this is as follows:

https://www.pearson.com.au/9781292211619

Recommended Resources

Please see the relevant information on acquiring the textbook from the previous title on "Required Resources". Note that the textbook is actually mandatory because we will be using several exercises and work through several solutions as part of practice exercises in the class.
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

This course is taught through a seminar mode with one face-to-face class and another online class (both having the same contents and module structure):
The whole 3-hour seminar comprises a mix of both short modules of theory or lecture components along with short application exercises that are solved through discussion and interaction in the class.
The same content will be uploaded for the online class and the online students are encouraged to participate in solving the application exercises in the online class as well.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours for a three-unit course or 13 hours for a four-unit course, of private study outside of your regular classes.

Students in this course are expected to attend all seminars through the semester.

Please refer to Access Adelaide for your timetable and enrolment details:
www.adelaide.edu.au/access/

Both lecture content and application exercises are integral components of each 3-hour seminar class. The communication skills developed by participating in the application exercises are considered to be most important by the School and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.

Learning Activities Summary

The learning activities for this course comprises the following.
1. Attending all the 12 seminar classes (either face-to-face or online).
2. Participating in solving the application exercises during each seminar class.
3. Studying outside the seminar classes for both lecture contents and application exercises.
4. Fulfilling the assessment tasks online (quizzes, mid-semester test and final examination).

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment items	Due Date	Weight (%)
Online MCQ Quiz 1	August 16 Night 11.59 pm	5%
Online MCQ Quiz 2	September 6 Night 11.59 pm	5%
Timed Online Test	October 4 (more details will follow)	30%
Timed Final Online exam (Open Book)	Exam period (more details will follow)	60%

Assessment Detail

1. In order to pass this course students must achieve an overall minimum grade of 50% as well as at least 45% in the final exam.
2. Any written assignment must be presented using the appropriate Microsoft program, i.e., MSWord, Excel, etc.
3. Students in this course are not permitted to take a DICTIONARY (English or English-Foreign) into the examination
4. The use of a non-programmable calculator incapable of storing text in the examination is permitted in this course.

Submission

No information currently available.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

Student Feedback

The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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