Undergraduate - UnitACF2391 - Cost information for decision making

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Accounting
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2014 (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.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

apply critical inquiry, problem solving and teamwork skills to individual and group tasks dealing with cost information for decision making
analyse the behaviour of costs and classify them dependent on the context and purpose of related decisions
design and use conventional job costing, process costing and operation costing systems to calculate product costs dependent on the business context
design and use contemporary (activity-based) costing systems to calculate product costs
analyse and use costs relevant to tactical decision making and cost volume profit analysis
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with cost information for decision making and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by ACF2391.

Assessment

Unit assessment depends on students' learning preferences. It is either 40% within semester and 60% examination or 20% within semester and 80% examination. Further details are contained in the unit guide.