AFF3511 - Strategic management accounting

Leader: Mr Bill Richardson

Offered

Not offered in 2007

Synopsis

Concepts and techniques of business strategy formulation, and how management accounting information systems act as a corporate control system providing information for strategic decisions.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• explain how management accounting systems can be designed to support corporate, business and operational strategies;
• critically evaluate strategic management accounting concepts, techniques, assumptions, and arguments;
• apply management accounting techniques to strategic business decisions;
• describe the behavioural implications of performance measurement systems;
• apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with strategic management accounting issues.

Assessment

Participation in tutorials: 10%
Assignment: 20%
Final examination (3 hours): 70%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Any four second year units offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics.