Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Synopsis

An advanced study of the interface between modern managerial accounting and the business functions of strategic planning, marketing, manufacturing and human resource management. Topics covered include concepts and issues in strategy, quality, ethics, advertising and promotion, pricing, distribution and productivity.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

1. describe the conventions and doctrines of management accounting that may be strategically applied to an entity
2. evaluate emerging issues in strategic management accounting
3. critically evaluate the influence of strategy, marketing and shareholder value on management accounting and the role of management accounting in designing and implementing management control and performance measurement systems to support business strategy, marketing decisions and shareholder value
4. assess control management systems with due consideration to ethical, cultural and personnel issues
5. apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with advanced strategic management accounting and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFF5100.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 45%
Examination (3 hours): 55%

Chief examiner(s)

Robert Cornick

Contact hours

3 hours per week