Undergraduate - UnitACS3750 - Cost and management accounting B

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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	South Africa Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit builds upon the understanding, knowledge and skills developed in AFS2770/ACS2770 (Cost and management accounting A). The unit covers the theory, background and application of managerial decision making in respect of the following different types of decision making techniques: advanced cost-volume-profit analysis and sensitivity analysis, measuring relevant cost and revenues for decision making, complex activity based costing and management, advanced pricing decisions and profitability analysis, budgeting, advanced standard costing variance calculations, analysis and interpretation, performance management, cost estimation and cost behaviour and scarce resources.

Outcomes

The learning objectives associated with this unit are to:

explain and discuss the role that management accounting information plays in organisations
review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge of advanced quantification techniques to provide information for management decision-making and give advice
demonstrate proficiency in applying the management accounting related instruments, techniques and procedures covered to theoretical and practical applications and interpret the results and advice accordingly
identify, evaluate and critically review aspects broader than only financial aspects (such as environmental, social, economic and governance) in management decision making
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and / or group activities dealing with management information and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by ACS3750.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Magda Odendaal

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of the following before undertaking this unit: AFG2020, ACG2020, AFW2020, ACW2020, ACS2770 or AFS2770.

Prohibitions

AFW3750, AFS3750, AFW3007