Monash University Handbooks 2008

AFC2131 - Cost information for decision making

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate Faculty of Business and Economics

Offered

Clayton First semester 2008 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2008 (Day)

Synopsis

This is the introductory management accounting unit that focuses on the types of cost information that can be produced to assist managers and other employees within organisations in planning and control, and in decision making. The topics include the following: costs and cost behaviour, product costing (including activity-based costing), cost allocation techniques, cost-volume-profit analysis, and the use of cost information for management decisions.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%

Prerequisites

AFC1030

Prohibitions

AFC2130

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