ACCTING 2500 - Cost and Management Accounting

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2019

This course seeks to give an understanding of the ways in which management accountants can provide relevant information for a variety of decisions to be made in managing any organisation. On completion of this course, students should be able to identify, use and interpret the results of costing techniques appropriate to different activities and decisions; formulate and use standards and budgets for planning and control purposes; understand the role of responsibility accounting and performance measurement; understand the behavioural implications of performance measurement and transfer pricing systems in divisionalised businesses; appreciate the need to relate management accounting systems to contemporary thinking about organisational planning and control.

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Course Details

Course Code	ACCTING 2500
Course	Cost and Management Accounting
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Business School
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	ACCTING 1002
Assumed Knowledge	Basic computer literacy using MS Office software
Assessment	Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr VG Sridharan

LECTURER-IN-CHARGE Name: Associate Professor VG Sridharan
Location: Room 13.07, 10 Pulteney Street
Telephone: 8313 0730

Email: vg.sridharan@adelaide.edu.au
Course Website:

List of Tutors

1. Rob Maloney
2. Sabiha shaikh
3. Nurmalisa Che Ali

The contact details of the tutors will be available after the commencement of the tutorial classes.

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

A detailed lecture schedule will published on MyUni in the first week of the course.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Describe the three fundamental purposes of cost and management accounting. As part of this learning, students will be able to appreciate the use of different costs for different purposes.

2. Explain traditional and contemporary approaches to cost allocation.

3. Describe different product costing scenarios in job-order and process environments.

4. Identify relevant information for decision making purposes in order to produce financial analyses for a range of decisions such as product-mix, pricing, outsourcing and special orders.

5. Use standard costs to prepare budgets for planning and control purposes.

最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1-4
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	3&4
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	5
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	5
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	5

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Textbook:

The required textbook for this course is Management and Cost Accounting by Colin Drury, Cengage Publishers 10th Edition. Several options exist to purchase this book:

1. Print version; 2. E-book; 3. Print version with the MindTap electronic resource; 4. E-book with the Mind-tap resource.

More information on the different pathways to acquire the textbook can be discussed with the 最新糖心Vlog bookshop manager, whose details are as follows.

Mr Jake Kempf
Store Manager
最新糖心Vlog Coop Bookshop
Hub Central
Level 4, Hughes Building
North Terrace, Adelaide 5000

Email: sm5100@coop.com.au

Recommended Resources

Please see the relevant information on acquiring the textbook from the previous title on "Required Resources". Note that the textbook is actually mandatory because we will be using several exercises and work through several solutions as part of practice exercises in the class.
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

This course is taught through:
· Lectures – to provide an outline of various concepts that are useful in applying in real-world problems.
· Tutorials – to give opportunity for reflection on and the application of materials covered in lectures and to discuss issues relating to course matter.

Please check your student email and MyUni as course-related announcements are communicated via email.
Consultation hours of the tutors will be advised on MyUni Course homepage.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

This course is provided in internal mode and contains:
· 2 hours lecture per week for 12 weeks
· 1 hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks (tutorial begins in Week 2 and there will be a mid-semester test either in week 6 or 7 of the course)

The 最新糖心Vlog expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours for a three-unit course or 13 hours for a four-unit course, of private study outside of your regular classes.

Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures throughout the semester plus one tutorial class each week.

Please refer to Access Adelaide for your timetable and enrolment details:
www.adelaide.edu.au/access/

Tutorial classes will be held weekly commencing Week 2. Membership of tutorial classes is to be finalised by the end of the second week of semester. Students wishing to swap between tutorial classes after this time are required to present their case to the Lecturer-in-Charge, but should be aware that such a request may not be approved.

Tutorials are an important component of your learning in this course. The communication skills developed in tutorials by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be most important by the School and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies.

Learning Activities Summary

TBA
* All Readings are from the prescribed textbook "Management and Cost Accounting": by Colin Drury, Cengage 10th Edition

The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

The assessment details will be available on MyUni and explained in Lecture 1

Assessment Task	Description	Weight	Due Date/Week	Learning Outcomes
In-class Tests	Multiple choice questions	10		2
Mid Semester Test	1 hour supervised test	20	Week 6 or 7	1-4
Tute attendance and participation		10	Weeks 2-12 (except mid-term test week)
Final Exam	3 hour closed book	60	Primary Exam period	1-4
Total		100%

Assessment Related Requirements

NOTES ON ASSESSMENT

1. In order to pass this course students must achieve an overall minimum grade of 50% as well as at least 45% in the final exam.

2. Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. Marks may be deducted in the final examination because of poor hand-writing.

3. Students in this course are NOT permitted to take a DICTIONARY (English or English-Foreign) into the examination.

4. The use of a non-programmable calculator incapable of storing text in the examination is permitted in this course.

Assessment Detail

The details on each assessment task will be provided separately in the first week of the course.

Submission

General Assessment Guidelines including Referencing Details

A copy of the Postgraduate Programs: Communication Skills Guide will have been given to you at the beginning of your program. This guide will assist you structure your assignments. A copy of the guide can also be downloaded from

This publication also provides guidelines on a range of other important communication skills including writing essays and management reports, making oral presentations etc.
In preparing any written piece of assessment for postgraduate studies it is important to draw on the relevant ‘literature’ to support critical analysis. Also essential is to reference the literature used. Correct referencing is important because it identifies the source of the ideas and arguments that you present, and sometimes the source of the actual words you use, and helps to avoid the problem of plagiarism. (Further information on plagiarism is provided later in this course outline.)
The Harvard system is widely used in the Business School. Guidelines for the use of this style of referencing can be found in the Communication Skills Guide.

Further assistance with referencing is available from the Faculty’s Learning Support Advisors. The contact details are provided on page 6 of the Communication Skills Guide.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

Student Feedback

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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the 最新糖心Vlog to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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Policies & Guidelines
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