AFC4130

Management accounting

Professor Rob Chenhall

7 points · One 3-hour session per week · First semester · Clayton · Prerequisites: AFC2130 and AFC3130

Objectives On completion of this subject students will be able to integrate the behavioural and quantitative aspects of internal information systems for management planning, control and decision making.

Synopsis Topics covered will include consideration of the role of the accounting system for purposes of strategic management. Topics include contemporary performance measures, human aspects of management accounting and an evaluation of contemporary management accounting; cost data appropriate for decision models; special problems in analysing recurring activities including the measurement of departmental and divisional performance; decision models under conditions of uncertainty. A significant part of the subject will be concerned with experimental design and the evaluation of empirical studies in management accounting.

Assessment Written (3 essays, 4000 words): 100%

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