Undergraduate - UnitACF3511 - Strategic management accounting

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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 Second semester 2014 (Day)

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.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

illustrate how management accounting systems can be designed to support strategy
apply management accounting techniques to strategic business decisions
critically assess strategic management accounting concepts and techniques
analyse and make recommendations regarding the design of strategic management accounting systems
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with strategic management accounting issues and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by ACF3511.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination: 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Carly Moulang

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester.

Prerequisites

AFF2391 or ACF2391

Prohibitions

AFC3141, ACC3141, ACC3151, AFF3511, AFX3511