ACCTING 3503 - Strategic Management Accounting III

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2017

This course builds on material covered in Management Accounting (ACCTING2500) and examines many of the current issues in management accounting. One of the primary objectives of this course is to develop students? analytical and problem-solving skills by using several case studies. It is assumed in this course that students have an appreciation and good understanding of the basic cost accounting concepts and techniques. Since the early 1990s, management accounting has been in the process of continual change. While some firms still use traditional methods of management accounting such as costing, performance measurement and cost analysis, an increasing number of firms are using innovative management accounting techniques such as activity-based costing, strategically oriented performance measurement systems and strategic cost analysis. This course deals with many of the present-day management accounting techniques. Moreover, it also considers the skills and competencies that management accountants should develop in order to take advantage of the many opportunities offered by the new management accounting techniques.

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Course Details

Course Code	ACCTING 3503
Course	Strategic Management Accounting III
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 2500
Assessment	Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Grant Richardson

LECTURER IN CHARGE:

Name:                   Professor (Dr.) Grant Richardson
Location:               Room 13.46, 10 Pulteney Street
Telephone:            83130582
Email: grant.richardson@adelaide.edu.au

TEACHING ASSISTANT:

Name:                  Ms. Nurmalisa Che Ali
Location:              Room 13.49, 10 Pulteney Street
Telephone:
Email:                  nurmalisa.cheali@adelaide.edu.au

Course Website:

Course Timetable

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

Course Learning Outcomes

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

1. Explain how management accounting information is used in strategic decision making.

2. Illustrate the process of strategy formulation, communication, implementation and control within an organisation.

3. Explain how to integrate conventional and contemporary management accounting techniques into a strategic management accounting framework.

4. Solve practical and applied problems by using research papers and case study analysis.

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)	All
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	All
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	All
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	All
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	All
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	All

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Textbook

Hoque, Z. 2006. Strategic Management Accounting, 2nd Edn., Sydney: Pearson Education.

Recommended Resources

Journal Articles

Banker, R., G. Potter, and D. Srinivasan. 2000. An empirical investigation of an incentive plan that includes non-financial performance measures. The Accounting Review 75 (1): 65-92.

Dekker, H.C. 2003. Value chain analysis in interfirm relationships: a field study. Management Accounting Research 14: 1-23.

Elenathan, D., T.W., Lin, and M.S. Young. 1996. Benchmarking and management accounting. Journal of Management Accounting Research 8: 37-54.

Foster, G., M. Gupta, and L. Sjoblom. 1996. Customer profitability analysis: challenges and new directions. Journal of Cost Management (Spring): 5-17.

Govindarajan, V., and A.K. Gupta. 1985. Linking control systems to business unit strategy: impact on performance. Accounting, Organizations and Society 10 (1): 51-66.

Guilding, C. 1999. Competitor-focused accounting: an exploratory note. Accounting, Organizations and Society: 24: 583-595.

Hope, J., and R. Fraser. 2003. Who needs budgets? Harvard Business Review (February): 108-115.

Hoque, Z. 2000. Just-in-Time production, automation, cost allocation practices and importance of cost information: an empirical investigation in New Zealand based manufacturing organisations. British Accounting Review 32 (2): 133-159.

Hoque, Z., and M. Alam. 1999. TQM adoption, institutionalism and changes in management accounting systems: a case study. Accounting and Business Research 29 (3): 199-210.

Hoque, Z., and W. James. 2000. Linking balanced scorecard with size and market factors: impact on organizational performance. Journal of Management Accounting Research 12: 1-17.

Ittner, C.D., and D.F. Larcker. 2002. Determinants of performance measure choices in worker incentive plans. Journal of Labor Economics, 2002 20 (2, pt. 2): S58-S90.

Ittner, C.D., D.F. Larcker, and T. Randall. 1997. The activity-based cost hierarchy, production policies and firm profitability. Journal
of Management Accounting Research 9: 143-162.

Libby, T., and R.M. Lindsay. 2010. Beyond budgeting or budgeting reconsidered? A survey of North-American budgeting practice. Management Accounting Research 21: 56-75.

Maltz, A.C., A.J. Shenhar, and R.R. Reilly. 2003. Beyond the balanced scorecard: refining the search for organizational success measures. Long Range Planning 36: 187–204.

Perera, S., G. Harrison, and M. Poole. 1997. Customer-focused manufacturing strategy and the use of operations-based non-financial performance measures: a research note. Accounting, Organizations and Society 22 (6): 557-572.

Shank, J.K., and V. Govindarajan. 1992. Strategic cost management: the value chain perspective, Journal of Management Accounting Research (4) 179-197.

Additional Reading

Atkinson, A.A., R.S. Kaplan, and S.M. Young S. 2007. Management Accounting. 5th Edn., New Jersey: Pearson Education.

Merchant, K.A., and W.A. Van der Stede Wim. 2007. Management Control Systems: Performance Measurement, Evaluation and
Incentives. 2nd Edn., Sydney: Prentice Hall.

We note that the reading material (especially the journal articles) may be added/deleted during the course of the semester due to new developments in the field. Students will be alerted to any changes to the reading material in a timely manner.

Learning & Teaching Modes

The 最新糖心Vlog expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to allocate a total of at least 48 hours per week to their studies. Students in this course are expected to be present at all seminars each week throughout the semester.

Lecture topics and related problem questions will be discussed weekly in each seminar.

The communication, interaction and problem-solving skills developed by students in seminars by regularly and actively participating in discussions on case studies and/or problem questions are considered to be most important by the Business School, and are also highly regarded by employers and professional accounting bodies.

The Lecturer and Teaching Assistant are available for student consultation. We will notify students of the appropriate consultation times in due course. Moreover, please check your student email as course-related announcements are normally communicated via email.

Workload

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

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

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, for this course, you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours to private study in addition to 3 hours of seminars, which is study outside of your regular classes.

Students in this course are expected to attend all seminars each week.

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

Learning Activities Summary

Week	Topic	Text chap	Readings
1	Introduction to the Subject Accounting for Strategic Management Conceptual Framework Context	1	Hope and Fraser (2003)
2	Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives and Strategy Typology The Basics of Management Control	2 & 3	Govindarajan and Gupta (1985) Libby and Lindsay (2010)
3	Cost Allocations Activity-Based Costing Activity-Based Management	4	Ittner, Larcker and Randall (1997)
4	Advanced Manufacturing Technology, JIT, Target Costing and Product Life Cycle Costing	5	Hoque (2000)
5	Quality Costing, Total Quality Management and Management Accounting	6	Hoque and Alam (1999)
6	Mid Semester Test - Bonython Hall (Time TBA)
7	Value Chain Analysis	7
8	Customer Profitability Analysis/Customer Accounting	8	Foster, Gupta and Sjoblom (1996)
	Mid Semester Break (Monday 10/4 - Friday 21/4)
9	Competitor Analysis/Competitor Accounting	9	Guilding (1999)
10	Measuring Non-Financial Performance The Balanced Scorecard	11 & 12	Perera, Harrison and Poole (1997) Hoque and James (2000)
11	Benchmarking Analysis and Mangement Accounting	13	Malz, Shenhar and Reilly (2003) Elenathan, Lin and Young (1996)
12	Incentive Plans Revision Exam Issues	14	Banker, Potter and Srinivasan (2000) Ittner and Larcker (2002)

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

Assessment Task	Due date	Weight	Learning Outcomes
Class Participation	Weekly	10 %	All
Mid Semester Test	Week 6	30 %	All
Final Exam	Exam Period	60 %	All
TOTAL		100%

Assessment Related Requirements

NOTES ON ASSESSMENT:

1. 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 for this course. Marks may be deducted in the Final Exam because of poor hand-writing.

3. Students in this course are not permitted to take a Dictionary (English or English-Foreign) into the Final Exam.

4. The use of a “non-programmable” calculator incapable of storing text in the Final Exam is permitted in this course.

Assessment Detail

Class Participation
A student needs to attend at least 8 seminars to be eligible for the class participation marks. In addition to the attendance, assessment will be based on the quality of participation in seminar discussion.

Mid Semester Test
There will be a one-hour Mid Semester Test held in Week 6 (Thursday 6 April 2017) in Bonython Hall (Time TBA). Topics from Week 1 to Week 4 are potentially examinable. The test is 'closed book' and you will be permitted to take in a calculator. It is highly advisable that students attend all lectures and tutorials to prepare for this test.

Final Exam
There will be a two-hour Final Exam at the end of the semester. All topics in the course are potentially examinable. The exam is ‘closed book’ and you will be permitted to take in a calculator. An exam overview and revision session is scheduled for Week 12 of the course. It is highly advisable that students attend this (and all lectures and tutorials) to prepare for this exam.

Submission

No information currently available.

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 .

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