AFF9450

Managerial accounting

Mr Nihal Mudalige

6 points (MPracAcc), 4 points (GradDipAcc)
* 39 hours per semester
* First, second, summer semester
* Caulfield, in-house

Objectives On completion of this subject students should have knowledge of the economic environment in which an organisation operates; the methods of accumulating and using financial data and reporting the results of the activities and current financial management concepts.

Synopsis Lectures and seminars ont he principles of forms of business organisations and financial structures; the overview of the economy; managerial finance; and cost accounting systems.

Assessment Class tests 30%
* Examination (2 hours): 70%

Prescribed texts

Horngren C T Cost accounting: A managerial emphasis 7th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1987
Kieso D E and Weygandt J J Intermediate accounting 6th edn, Wiley, 1989
McConnell C R Economics: Principles, problems and policies 10th edn, McGraw Hill, 1987
Weston F J and Brigham E F Essentials of managerial finance 8th edn, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1987